Autobiography at Forty

Author: Hu Shih
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Publish Date: 1999-01-01
Features: This book is a small manifestation of the "biography fever" surrounding Hu Shih. His forty years of life can be divided into three stages: before studying abroad as one stage, the seven years of studying abroad (1910-1917) as another, and after returning to the country (1917-1931) as the final stage. The author hopes that his readable and credible autobiography can serve as a stepping stone, encouraging more autobiographies to be written for historians as material and for literature to set a precedent. This book can be read alongside Hu Shih's Oral Autobiography to give readers a more comprehensive understanding of Hu Shih and a deeper appreciation of his life and thoughts.