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The barefoot lawyer : a blind man's fight for justice and freedom in China / Chen Guangcheng. by Chen, Guangcheng, author. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015. Subjects Chen, Guangcheng.   Chen, Guangcheng -- Trials, litigation, etc.   Blind lawyers -- China -- Biography.   Human rights workers -- China -- Biography. Electronic Resource http://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/051/9780805098051/image/lgcover.9780805098051.jpg ISBN:  9780805098051 (hardback) : 0805098054 (hardback) Description:  330 pages : col. ills. ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. Contents:  Prologue: Escape -- A Child Apart -- An Uncommon Education -- Student and Activist -- No Turning Back -- In Defense of Our Rights -- In the Family -- Enemy of the State -- Kidnapped -- Trial and Imprisonment -- House Arrest -- Breaking Free -- Eye of the Storm -- A Promised Land -- Epilogue. Requests:  0 Summary:  "An electrifying memoir by the blind Chinese activist who inspired millions with the story of his fight for justice and his belief in the cause of freedom. It was like a scene out of a thriller: one morning in April 2012, China's most famous political activist--a blind, self-taught lawyer--climbed over the wall of his heavily guarded home and escaped. Days later, he turned up at the American embassy in Beijing, and only a furious round of high-level negotiations made it possible for him to leave China and begin a new life in the United States. Chen Guangcheng is a unique figure on the world stage, but his story is even more remarkable than anyone knew. The son of a poor farmer in rural China, blinded by illness when he was an infant, Chen was fortunate to survive a difficult childhood. But despite his disability, he was determined to educate himself and fight for the rights of his country's poor, especially a legion of women who had endured forced sterilizations and abortions under the hated 'one child' policy. Repeatedly harassed, beaten, and imprisoned by Chinese authorities, Chen was ultimately placed under house arrest. After nearly two years of increasing danger, he evaded his captors and fled to freedom. Both a riveting memoir and a revealing portrait of modern China, The Barefoot Lawyer tells the story of a man who has never accepted limits and always believed in the power of the human spirit to overcome any obstacle"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 340.092 Chen Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 340.092 Chen Ch Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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