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News from Tartary

News from Tartary

by Peter Fleming

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A rousing, ironic account of Fleming's 3500-mile trek in the 1930s from Peking to the province of Sinkiang and onwards to India.  (CAS46, $18.95)


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Forbidden Journey

Forbidden Journey


by Ella Maillart

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

Maillart's classic account of her 3,500-mile journey with Peter Fleming in 1935. (CAS101, $22.95)

The Lost Camels of Tartary

The Lost Camels of Tartary


by John Hare

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 239 PAGES

A vivid account of three expeditions on the trail of the migrating Bactrian camel through the deserts of Xinjiang and Mongolia. The author includes vivid portraits of the people he encounters along the way. (CAS67, $14.99)


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