Twenty-five thousand miles (up and down): Collectible edition

Author: Dong Biwu et al.
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book was published to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Red Army. The printed manuscript of "Twenty-five Thousand Li" preserved by the Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall is currently the earliest and most authoritative Long March memoir. It was compiled in Yan'an in February 1937 by editors based on the original drafts of the authors. The authors of this memoir were all Red Army soldiers who personally participated in the Long March, many of whom later became important leaders of the Party and the army. They recorded the entire process of the Central Red Army's 25,000-li Long March in writing, making it the most credible first-hand material on the Red Army's Long March. Given that the original drafts of the authors are long lost, this printed manuscript is undoubtedly the closest to the original and is a highly valuable primary document for the history of the Party, the military, and the Chinese Revolution. To preserve this precious document forever, the Shanghai People's Publishing House produced a high-precision photographic plate of the entire manuscript and published it as a photolithographic edition. The precious documentary and historical value of this book has been highly praised by experts from the Central Documentation Office, the Central Committee of the Party's History, and the Military Academy of Sciences. Relevant experts have described the publication of this book as having "great." This book was published to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Red Army. The printed manuscript of "Twenty-five Thousand Li" preserved by the Shanghai Lu Xun Memorial Hall is currently the earliest and most authoritative Long March memoir. It was compiled in Yan'an in February 1937 by editors based on the original drafts of the authors. The authors of this memoir were all Red Army soldiers who personally participated in the Long March, many of whom later became important leaders of the Party and the army. They recorded the entire process of the Central Red Army's 25,000-li Long March in writing, making it the most credible first-hand material on the Red Army's Long March. Given that the original drafts of the authors are long lost, this printed manuscript is undoubtedly the closest to the original and is a highly valuable primary document for the history of the Party, the military, and the Chinese Revolution. To preserve this precious document forever, the Shanghai People's Publishing House produced a high-precision photographic plate of the entire manuscript and published it as a photolithographic edition. The precious documentary and historical value of this book has been highly praised by experts from the Central Documentation Office, the Central Committee of the Party's History, and the Military Academy of Sciences. Relevant experts have described the publication of this book as having "great."