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Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalists Account of China's "Great Northwest" Asia is the most fascinating hunting ground in all the world, not because of the quantity of game to be found there but because of its quality, and scientific importance.This book is a narrative by R
| Title | : | Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalists Account of China's "Great Northwest" |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.90 (928 Votes) |
| Id Book | : | 1589630424 |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-01-20 |
| Type File | : | PDF, DOC, RTF, ePub |
This book is a narrative by Roy Chapman Andrews of his work and travels in Mongolia and North China. The book is written entirely from the sportsman's standpoint and has purposely avoided scientific details which would prove uninteresting or wearisome to the general public. Asia is the most fascinating hunting ground in all the world, not because of the quantity of game to be found there but because of its quality, and scientific importance. Because of unceasing native persecution, lack of protection, the continued destruction of forests and the ever increasing facilities for transportation to the remote districts of the interior, many of China's most interesting and important forms of wildlife are doomed to extermination in the very near future.
The cover of "Street Lights of the World" caught my eye. at the Freer Gallery of Art, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution, where it remains on view. Whilst being essentially an art book, it deals with its subject matter in a lively mannner which could well form the basis of a movie script.. Maybe the decline of Lamaism would restore the "virility of the Mongol nation" -- whatever that means. excellent survey of New Mexican furniture past and present. RC Andrews shoots animals across MongoliaHow he ever found anything and how he kept his job is a mystery to me.. They hunt marmots and enjoy the plains among the friendly nomads.
Successively Andrews decides to visit the Northern Forest above Urga, but the hunting is to dangerous for his wife, that is left back. Readers should be prepared to make allowances for this, or not bother. Some of his judgements on foreign cultures must have seemed odd, even at the time. Roy Champman Andrews was a great explorer and comunicator and had al
Successively Andrews decides to visit the Northern Forest above Urga, but the hunting is to dangerous for his wife, that is left back. Readers should be prepared to make allowances for this, or not bother. Some of his judgements on foreign cultures must have seemed odd, even at the time. Roy Champman Andrews was a great explorer and comunicator and had al
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