I Sailed with Chinese Pirates

Name: I Sailed with Chinese Pirates
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ISBN: 9780195852974

ISBN-10: 0195852974

ISBN-13: 9780195852974

Edition: N/A

Authors: Aleko E. Lilius

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In the late 1920s, gangs of ruthless and heavily armed pirates plagued the Pearl River delta in China, controlling fishing fleets, terrorizing villages, and hijacking steamer ships. Commissioned to investigate this practice, the intrepid American journalist Aleko Lilius was able to record first-hand the final days of traditional piracy. This book, a rip-roaring tale of adventure on the high seas, is the result of his heady and perilous undertaking. The experiences recounted here include a journey on the assault ship of the notorious queen of the Macau pirates, assignations in the murky opium dens of Macau and Canton, incarceration in a Hong Kong Prison, and abduction by the pirates…

Book details

List price: $10.95
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 290
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.528
Language: English

Aleko E. Lilius was a Russian journalist, a writer, and an adventurer. He is the author of Turbulent Tangiers.