Author: McgovernPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317846354
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
To Lhasa in Disguise
Author: William Montgomery McGovernPublisher: New York, Century
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
William Montgomery McGovern was an American adventurer, anthropologist and journalist. He was possibly an inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones. McGovern claims he had to sneak into the Tibet disguised as a local porter. As Time reported in 1938: With a few Tibetan servants, he climbed through the wild, snowy passes of the Himalayas. There, in the bitter cold, he stood naked while a companion covered his body with brown stain, squirted lemon juice into his blue eyes to darken them. Thus disguised as a coolie, he arrived in the Forbidden City without being detected, but disclosed himself to the civilian officials. A fanatical mob led by Buddhist monks stoned his house. Bill McGovern slipped out through a back door and joined the mob in throwing stones. The civil government took him into protective custody, finally sent him back to India with an escort.--Wikipedia.
To Lhasa In Disguise
Author: McgovernPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317846354
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
To Lhasa In Disguise
Author: William Montgomery McgovernPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317846346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
First published in 2004. A secret traveller to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the author of this unusual volume was forced to live, dress and behave as a Tibetan in order to remain undetected. Because of his unique perspective, he is able to provide an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s. His account of life in the Forbidden City of the Buddhas contains a wealth of compelling stories and fascinating information.
The Lhasa in Disguise - An Account of a Secret Expedition Through Mysterious Tibet
Author: To Lhasa in Disguise
Author: William Montgomery McGovernPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tibet (China)
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Japanese Agent in Tibet
Author: Hisao KimuraPublisher: Serindia Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 9780906026243
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
In October 1943 a small group of Mongolian pilgrims set off westward from Inner Mongolia. Before them lay a confused battleground where the Japanese and rival armies of Chinese and Mongolians fought over the fate of Central Asia. Among the pilgrims was a young monk named Dawa Sangpo beginning what was probably the greatest travel adventure undertaken by anyone of his nationality in this century; for he was not Mongolian at all, but an enterprising Japanese named Hisao Kimura.
My Journey to Lhasa
Author: Alexandra David-NéelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lassa
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Topophilia
Author: Yi-fu TuanPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231073950
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Topophilia and Topophobia' offers timely reflections on the human habitat in the 20th century. The expression of topophilia and topophobia belong to our time, an ambivalence between the love and aversion for a place has been a recurrant paradox in human history
Tibet in Agony
Author: Jianglin LiPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674088891
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
In 1959 the Dalai Lama emerged in India, where he set up his government in exile. Soon after he left Lhasa the Chinese People's Liberation Army pummeled the city in the "Battle of Lhasa." The Tibetans were forced to capitulate, putting Mao in a position to impose Communist rule over Tibet
Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins
Author: William Montgomery McGovernPublisher: New York, Grosset & Dunlap by arrangement with The Century Company [1927]
ISBN:
Category : Amazon River
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The beginning of the expedition -- The gateway to the Amazon -- Manaos, the pearl of the jungle -- The river of vanished glory -- In the pioneer country -- Beyond the last outpost of civilization -- Life among the Indians -- A feast of welcome -- Snakes - and Indian costumes -- Conference - and a peace pipe -- A jungle king -- The Beast Men of the jungle -- Initiation into the holy of holies -- Into hostile territory -- Vampire bats -- Hunting with poisoned arrows -- Wives, slaves, and kings -- The pageant of the demons and of sex -- Cannibalistic orgies -- Danger from beast and man -- The march through the jungle -- The land of naked women -- A meeting with outlaws -- The mysteries of birth and death -- Da Silva makes the supreme sacrifice -- The return to civilization -- To the head-waters of the Amazon -- Scaling the Andes -- Over the passage to the City of the Kings -- In the highlands where the Incas held sway -- The capital of the Sons of the Sun -- The pageant of history told in stone -- The origin of the Incas -- The city of our lady of peace -- A center of Pre-Inca civilization -- A brush with Chileans and with ladies of ill fame -- Grave-snatching amid Inca and pre-Inca ruins -- Wherein a buried city comes to light.