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Title

The Gobi desert [by] Mildred Cable with Francesca French.

Author

Cable, Mildred.

Publication

New York, The Macmillan company, 1944.

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Additional Authors

French, Francesca, 1871-1960

Description

303 p. col. front., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.); 22 cm.

Summary

Mildred Cable and Francesca French wrote this remarkable travel book about their experiences of many years (1923-1936) in the Gobi Desert. They were the first English women to cross the Gobi Desert after twenty years of working as missionaries in the Shansi province of China. This is the kind of travel book which is the result of 13 years of continuous travel and thorough knowledge of the region. They describe the Chinese inns, the monasteries, the archaeological sites, the abandoned cities and the life in the oasis towns. This book brings alive the Gobi Desert and shows how relevant it is still nowadays for those wanting to discover this fascinating part of the world. - Trotamundas Press.

Subject

• Voyages and travels > Women
• Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China)
• Mongolia > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Travel literature – Mongolia and China – Gobi Desert. – 1940-1949.

Note

• "First [American] printing."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 10.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Prologue -- On the threshold of the desert -- The lure of the Gobi -- Where men and deserts meet -- The place called desert -- The people of the Wayside -- The king of the Gobi -- The intercourse of the Gobi -- The great Turfan depression -- Revolt in the Gobi -- Highways and by-ways -- Within the Great Wall -- In the Chapel of Meditation -- Epilogue -- Key to Oasis names -- Author's note.

LCCN

^^^44004881^//r852

OCLC

• 411792
• SCSB-9905609

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library