Almost a Revolution

Almost a Revolution published by Houghton Mifflin Co, Boston, MA, 1990. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound w/Paper DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine in Chipped DJ. ISBN 0395546931. LCCN 90-5068. The story of a Chinese student's journey from boyhood to leadership in Tianamen Square. By Shen Tong with Marianne Yen. This book is about Shen Tong's involvement with political demonstrations, starting with those that occurred in Beijing in the mid-1980s. From these beginnings he became one of the prominent leaders of the 1989 student prodemocracy movement. He ends his book with a horrifying account of the June 3-4 massacre and his escape to the US. 342 Pgs. Description text copyright 2005 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 9985.