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The Lost Camels of Tartary
by John Hare
- EXPLORATION
- 2000
- PAPER
- 239 PAGES
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A vivid account of three expeditions on the heels of the migrating Bactrian camel through the deserts of Xinjiang and Mongolia. An engaging writer and adventurer with a sense of humor, the author includes vivid portraits of the people he encounters along the way (including George Schaller who accompanied him on the first expedition). Among the many discoveries of the quest, Hare found Lou Lan, an abandoned city of the Silk Road described by Sven Hedin in 1900. He also helped convince the Chinese government to set aside part of this remote region as a reserve for the camel.
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Conquering the Desert of Death, Across the Taklamakan
by Charles Blackmore | Peter Hopkirk
- EXPLORATION
- 2008
- PAPER
- 268 PAGES
Blackmore's vivid account of tenacity and courage is all the better for its matter of fact detail and generous credit to the Uyghur camel handlers who made it possible. (CAS68, $16.95)
by Peter Fleming
- TRAVEL NARRATIVE
- 1999
- PAPER
- 384 PAGES
Fleming's rousing account of a 3,500-mile jaunt from Peking to Sinkiang and on to India, a classic of imperial British wit and style. (CAS46, $18.95)
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