Long overshadowed by her journalist husband Edgar Snow, Helen Foster Snow produced her own body of writings from the couple's sojourns in China during the 1930s, a time of revolution and upheaval. These writings not only offer a sympathetic perspective of the communist movement in China, Chinese experiences during World War II, and the eventual triumph of the Revolution, but also provide a window into Snow's struggles to carve out an independent role for herself in journalism and politics. Biographer Long (history, Colorado State U.) describes Snow's travels in China, paying particular attention to her development as a writer. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)