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The title might have been written by Mao himself. Instead, it was dictated by the revealing, intimate, never-before-published recollections of Li Yinqiao, Mao's bodyguard, and brought to light by the author Quan Yanchi.
After fifteen years of devoted service, Li received this request from Mao: "If what happens in my family is a secret to others, it is not a secret to you. But don't write about me while I'm still alive; wait until I die, and write truthfully when you do." For the first time, the personal, inside story of China's dynamic leader and world statesman is told - the life and thought of Mao, the husband, father, comrade-in-arms, the peasant's son. The recollections, only now made public in English, provide the reader with a refreshingly different perspective from any of the many other works about Mao. Highlighting the book are photographs, published here for the first time.
This is a used, trade size paperback book in like new to nearly new condition. A RARE find, a cultural artifact, and unusual specimen of Chinese Communist propaganda in English language for the Western audience. Make no mistake about it, Mao was a bloodthirsty monster, but you would never know that from reading this book. Instead, you get a compassionate and fawning portrait of Mao as he wanted to be known.