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A courageous leader who became the first American mandarin, Frederick Townsend Ward won crucial victories for the Emperor of China during the Taiping Rebellion, history's bloodiest civil war. Carr's skills as historian and storyteller come to the fore in this thrilling account of the kind of adventurer the world no longer sees.
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8 editions · 4 languages- Paperback · English · 1995Random House · 366 pages · 9780679761280
- Hardcover · English · 1991Grove/Atlantic · 9780871134622
- Other · English · 2012Devil SoldierPenguin Random House · 9781299176041
- Other · English · 1992Random House · 366 pages · 9780679411147
- Paperback · French · 2002Le Diable blancPocket · 410 pages · 9782266112901
- Paperback · Spanish · 2001El Soldado Del DiabloEdiciones B · 402 pages · 9788440693075
American Personal narrativesHistoryPersonal narratives, AmericanSoldiers of fortuneTaiping RebellionMilitary biographyChina, historyAmericans, foreign countries