As Far as The East is From The West. Tales of a Traveler who toured the World Toward the Rising Sun. By Daniel D. Bidwell (sometime Sailor).
An informative and revealing literary and visually absorbing travel log-style chronicle of the authors 1909-1910 Far Eastern journey. 19 Chapters: Into the Eye of the Rising Sun; Madeira, the Methodist Mission; The Travelers Club; Where West Joins East; Two Seas Beyond Suez; Bombay and Agra; The Paradise of the World; Calcutta, Child Marriage in India; The Paradise of the Missionary; Six Hundred Baptisms; Dutch Treatment; A Stray Nook of the China Sea; A Section of Home; Christmas in China; The Land of the Rising Sun; Yokohama and Tokyo; Yokohama to Honolulu; The Paradise of the Pacific; Home Again. 38 black-and-white photographic illustrations and 8 maps of the Clevelands (ship) course.
Published by S.S. Scranton & Co 1910. 231 pgs. Red pebbled textured cover is lightly soiled showing wear around spine, lightly bumped corners. Cover is pulling away from spine but still attached but fragile. Text block is solid. Pages are slightly yellowed but clean. No marks or inscriptions.
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