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Matthew Polly
384 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616798956
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Gotham
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American’s quest to become a kung fu master at China’s legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young M...
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![American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNew China by Matthew Polly](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-2a45d917f8f8061888e77f7aae688f59aacb0ece1262c264eaa3ca9f1dfd07e8.jpg)
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Matthew Polly
384 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781616798956
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Gotham
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Bill Bryson meets Bruce Lee in this raucously funny story of one scrawny American’s quest to become a kung fu master at China’s legendary Shaolin Temple. Growing up a ninety-pound weakling tormented by bullies in the schoolyards of Kansas, young M...