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Los Angeles [1949], Institute of Mentalphysics. Red cloth, 560p., 59 b.w. photos, very good. A monumental work and primary source by the first American to walk across the whole of China. Also the record of his long residence in Tibet. This grand primary work is truly a magnificent resource. Two books bound in one. ACROSS CHINA ON FOOT begins with his starting point in Shanghai and his journey up the Yangtze to Chung-king, and Sui-Fu via Luchow, where the actual foot journey began. * A great description of the people of Szech'wan, to Yun-nan and the tribes and the mission work among them. To Chao-t'ong-fu. Departure for Burma, comments on Yun-nan the capital. To Tali-fu, Chinese untruthfulness, storm in the mountains, arrival at Tali-fu nd the great Mekong valley. Opium smokers, the river Mekong through the Salween valley to Tengyueh, and the Li-su tribes then on to Bhamo in upper Burma, the Shans & Kachins, end of a long journey. * The second title MY LIFE IN TIBET. Stranger than fiction, this primary account of the authors long sojourn in Tibet is stunning. Of the people he met, the spiritual encounters with Lamas and high priests in the high mountains of Tibet, while resident in a temple. Later upon his return he established the Institute of Mental Physics in Los Angeles, California. * This source is loaded with ethnographic and other keen observations. A thoroughly useful work the last of a breed of pre-World War II explorers & travelers who actually went on their journey by foot. The author truly saw and experienced the geography, geology, botany, people and customs of the area. *. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 84034702
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