The Long March

Behind the long march

A walk by moonlight

The rise of the Red Bandits

On the eve

The man in Bleak House

First moves

Strategems

The conspiracy of the litters

The women

The first big battle

The Red Army changes course

Zunyi

Mao takes charge

A needle wrapped in cotton

Mao skirts disaster

Holding Chang Kai-Shek by the nose

Mao's great deceptions

The golden sands

The chicken-blood oath

Those left behind

The legion of death

Luding bridge

The great snowy mountains

Reunion

Back of beyond

A magical carpet

Dark hour, bright glory

Home

The gathering

Return of the prodigal

"Cold-eyed, I survey the world"

The little man who could

Never be put down

Notes

A Note on Sources

Bibliography

Index

Illustrations

Maps