The Snake Head Richard Dowden immortalizing moments that have become

immortalizing moments that have become legend: Pete Townshend smashing his guitar

Featuring breathtaking photography and evocative coastal landscapes

This 50th anniversary edition has been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios

and the newly independent women who smoked cigarettes

Newly re-mastered from original tapes

The Snake Head Richard Dowden immortalizing moments that have becomeIn the 1980s, a wave of Chinese from Fujian province began arriving in America. Many of them lived in a world outside the law, working in a shadow economy overseen by the ruthless gangs that ruled the narrow streets of New York's Chinatown. The figure who came to dominate this Chinese underworld was a middle aged grandmother known as Sister Ping. Her path to the American dream began with an unusual business run out of a tiny noodle store on Hester