"Red Star Over China", Edgar Snow's record of his experiences and observations in the Chinese communist bases.

"Red Star Over China" is a beautifully written, highly factual reportage work that can be downloaded for free as a txt e-book. It is hailed as a "classic encyclopedia" for studying the Chinese revolution and is considered a classic among "red classics." The author truthfully documents his observations and experiences during his on-site interviews in China's northwestern revolutionary base areas from June to October 1936, providing an authentic global report on China, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, and many of its leaders and generals. Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai are the most representative figures portrayed in the book. For this commemorative collector's edition published by the Writers Publishing House, valuable images from three early versions — the English first edition of 1937, the Chinese translation first edition of 1938, and the English revised edition of 1939 — have been gathered together.