{"product_id":"walking-on-liberated-feet-9781477591185","title":"Walking on Liberated Feet","description":"Her feet were bound and then unbound. Her father's hair changed from a cue to a crew cut. Three revolutions, one civil war and two world wars later, China went from a feudal society to communism. Liberated? Armed with a western education the world had changed under her feet, but how does she walk in this new world? The footprints of her small feet could be found imprinted on China's history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Chow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477591185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Chow grew up in the family of a government railroad manager. Throughout his childhood, his family moved with his father's career, from one railroad line to another. In 1937, Japan invaded China, shattering the life of this family. His mother, with four children in tow, ran for their lives, keeping barely one step ahead of the advancing enemy forces. With WWII on the doorsteps, Chow quit high school to join the Allied Forces in Burma to fight the invading Japanese, which by that time had occupied most of Southeast Asia. After the war, he took up fishing. But after spending nine years at sea, fisherman's life offered little challenge to him. In 1955, he bought a Chinese sailing junk without any motor and sailed across the Pacific Ocean with five of his friends. At the age of 29, having been through fourteen different schools and yet no high school diploma to speak of, he enrolled in a junior college in San Francisco. After a bachelor's degree from the University of California at Berkeley he went on to obtain a PhD from Northwestern University. For the next 29 years he taught physics and astronomy in universities and did consulting in computer industry. Since retirement from California State University at Northridge in 1994, Chow has devoted full time to writing. His published work includes two novels, MOISHE FANTASY and IT'S JUST A FLY, and a journal of his Pacific crossing saga, THE JUNK THAT CHALLENGED THE YACHTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45146214531187,"sku":"9781477591185","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_80bd3f62-4286-4b1e-931f-e847a38bf4d0.jpg?v=1782926995","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/walking-on-liberated-feet-9781477591185","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}