The road to Samarcand
1st American ed.
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Publication
2007 - W.W. Norton, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
67,250 words, Guess
Page Count
269 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL18524715M
- ISBN-139780393064735
- ISBN-100393064735
- OCLC Control Number85444341
- OCLC Control Numberroadtosamarcand00obri
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2007007988
- Goodreads847148
- LibraryThing2369980
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6029.B55 R63 2007
Description
"This story begins with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. The time is the 1930s, and the protagonist is a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in Central Asia." -- back cover.
Description
Setting out with his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly archaeologist cousin after the deaths of his missionary parents, 1930s American teen Derrick joins a culturally lavish search for a cache of priceless Asian jade.
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Genres
- Fiction.
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