AMONG INSURGENTS Shelby Tucker - Walking Through Burma (Myanmar)

In AMONG INSURGENTS, author Shelby Tucker treks through the jungle hill country of northern Burma.

This is a used book in good condition: has been read a few times; pages tanning with age; clean cover; creased spine; strong binding; gift message on first page. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: At the age of 53, Shelby Tucker set out to cross Burma on foot from China to India when land access to Burma was forbidden. Tucker had a rucksack, a diary and some inaccurate maps. He recruited a 6ft 4" Swede, Mats, whom he had met on the train to Beijing. Near the beginning of their walk through the jungle they encountered a group of naked boys bathing - they realized too late that the boys' Chinese Army uniforms were on the banks. With typical sangfroid, Tucker leapt in to join them, shouting incomprehensible English greetings. Before long they were in the hands of the Kachin Independence Army and managed to survive many near misses with the Burmese Army. Despite pain and constant danger, Tucker recorded each day the vivid beauty of the country, and the courtesy and hospitality of the Kachins (the most important of Burma's hidden colonies, about whom very little has been written). “Among Insurgents” was Colin Thubron's Book of the Year.

Book Details

Code: SKU1756

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 386

Published: 2000 by Flamingo, UK

ISBN: 0007127057

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