Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

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Prentice Hall Press, 1988 - Biography & Autobiography - 240 pages
The author travels through the Republic of Korea on foot, seeking an understanding of the national psychology. He befriended a variety of people who helped shape his impressions - honeymooners, abalone divers, corporate executives, nuns and American servicemen.

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Section 1
3
Section 2
27
Section 3
48
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About the author (1988)

Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature.

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