Research Catalog

Title

White mountain : real and imagined journeys in the Himalayas / Robert Twigger.

Author

Twigger, Robert, 1964-

Publication

• London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Description

458 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

The Himalayas beckon and we go. Some to make real journeys and others to make imaginary ones. These mountains, home to Buddhists, Bonpos, Jains, Muslims, Hindus, shamans and animists, to name only a few, are a place of pilgrimage and dreams, revelation and war, massacre and invasion, but also peace and unutterable calm. In an exploration of the region's seismic history, Robert Twigger unravels some of these real and invented journeys and the unexpected links between them. Following a meandering path across the Himalayas to its physical end in Nagaland on the Indian-Burmese border, Twigger encounters incredible stories from a unique cast of mountaineers and mystics, pundits and prophets. The result is a sweeping, enthralling and surprising journey through the history of the world's greatest mountain range.

Subject

• Twigger, Robert, 1964- > Travel > Himalaya Mountains Region
• Twigger, Robert, 1964-
• Travel
• Himalaya Mountains Region > Description and travel
• Himalaya Mountains Region > History
• Himalaya Mountains Region

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 16-13837

ISBN

• 9780297608714
• 0297608711

OCLC

961193284

Author

Twigger, Robert, 1964- author.

Title

White mountain : real and imagined journeys in the Himalayas / Robert Twigger.

Publisher

London Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-13837