A precious, priceless book--from the foreword by Alice Walker "An entire society is limned in the pages of this book.... The power of "Daughter of Earth" lies in the erotic heat which informs every page of the book, erotic in the original Greek sense of life force."--Vivian Gornick, "The Village Voice" Suggested for course use in: U.S. literatureworking-class studies Agnes Smedley (1892 - 1950) also wrote five books about China, including "Portrait Of Chinese Women in Revolution" 0-912670-44-4 PB - 1-55861-075-8 HC (The Feminist Press).