The Peking Man Is Missing
Author | : Claire Taschdjian |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1979-09 |
ISBN-10 | : 0345284348 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780345284341 |
Rating | : 4/5 (341 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Peking Man Is Missing by : Claire Taschdjian
Download or read book The Peking Man Is Missing written by Claire Taschdjian and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1979-09 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Found in a cave in China, the Peking Man is more than half-a-million years old. It is December 1941 and the Americans and Japanese both want him, but thieves vanish with him into a world disrupted by war. They are soon hunted by an honor bound Japanese military officer, Peking's premier heroin chemist, CIA operatives and the ageless elusive servant of Mao, the ghostlike Ch'en.