Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

Foreword ixAcknowledgments xiAuthor's Note xiiiPrologue 1Chapter 1 Man-Made Famine 5Chapter 2 School Cut Short 21Chapter 3 Storm of Revolution 35Chapter 4 Turmoil Under Heaven 53Chapter 5 Exiled to the Gobi 77Chapter 6 Digging for Potatoes 93Chapter 7 War Is Coming 109Chapter 8 Repairing the Earth 123Chapter 9 Battling Frozen Lake 137Chapter 10 The Longest Night 159Chapter 11 Unforgettable Movie Night 173Chapter 12 Barefoot Doctor 185Chapter 13 Brickmaking the Ancient Way 213Chapter 14 Petition to Mao 237Chapter 15 Pigs Don't Fly 249Chapter 16 Half the Sky 267Chapter 17 Desert Dreams of College 281Chapter 18 Last Convulsions of the Revolution 305Chapter 19 Roads to Rome 331Chapter 20 Old Gold Mountain 345Chapter 21 The People's Republic of Berkeley 379Chapter 22 Ivy League Professor 403Epilogue 437Index 445