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Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia

by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh. Half of the book is devoted to Thesiger's journeys through Hazarajat and Nuristan in Afghanistan. Drawn from the author's diaries, 1952-1956. With 80 photographs by Thesiger. Each chapter opens with a useful relief map of his route.  (ASA28, $17.99)


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