TY - BOOK AU - Man,John TI - The Great Wall: [the extraordinary story of China's wonder of the world] SN - 9780306817670 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Da Capo Press KW - Man, John, KW - Great Wall of China (China) KW - History KW - China N1 - Subtitle from jacket; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - John Man travels the entire length of the Great Wall and across two millennia to find the truth behind the legends. Along the way, he delves into the remarkable and complex history of China--from the country's tribal past, through the war with the Mongols, right up to the modern day when the Great Wall is once more a commanding emblem of China, the resurgent superpower ER -