LEADER 03454nam 2200445 450 001 9910818312703321 005 20230607210545.0 010 $a0-85773-495-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000259916 035 $a(EBL)1812461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1812461 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1812461 035 $a(OCoLC)892799671 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000259916 100 $a20220518h20011936 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNews from Tartary $ean epic journey across Central Asia /$fPeter Fleming 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York, New York :$cTauris Parke Paperbacks,$d2001. 210 4$dİ1936 215 $a1 online resource (480 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78076-503-7 327 $aAbout the Author; Bookreview; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Part I Heading for Trouble; I Zero Hour; II Heroine; III Two's Company?; IV The Forbidden Province; V Exiles and Armaments; VI Nightmare Train; VII Railhead; VIII Fits and Starts; IX A Lorry and the Liu Pan Shan; X Open Arrest; Part II The Skin of Our Teeth; I The Mountain Road; II Defeat?; III Confined to Barracks; IV The Great Lamasery; V Escape from Officialdom; VI The Good Samaritans; Part III Into the Blue; I Travelling Light; II The Prince of Dzun; III The Demon's Lake 327 $aIV The Caravan MarchesV Winds and Wild Asses; VI Night-March to the End of the World; Part IV No Man's Land; I The Lost City; II Patience; III Empty Days; IV The Good Companions; V Travelling Blind; VI Borodishin Takes Charge; Part V No Picnic; I The Gorges of the Boron Kol; II Lost; III The Turbaned-Heads; IV Birthday; V Casualties; VI We Say Good-Bye to Slalom; VII Grass, Men, News; VIII Thalassa Thalassa; IX Brave New World; X Rule Britannia; Part VI The Desert Road; I Dirty Work; II The Red Army Lends a Hand; III Russia Racketeers; IV The New Imperialists; V Cherchen; VI Thirst 327 $aVII Such Quantities of SandVIII A Cuckoo-Clock in Keriya; IX Rebels Don't Care; X Khotan; XI The Vanished Leader; XII The Last of Tungan Territory; XIII Hoboes on Horseback; Part VII The Roof of the World; I Kashgar-Les-Bains; II Wings Over Turkistan; III Into the Pamirs; IV The Last Town in China; V The Russian Agent; VI The Pass of a Thousand Ibex; VII News from Home; VIII A Thousand Welcomes; IX Sahibs; X Gilgit at Last; XI Last Lap; XII Triumphal Entry; Notes 330 $aNews from Tartary describes a phenomenally successful attempt that legendary adventurer, Peter Fleming made to travel overland from Peking to Kashmir. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles. With his companion, adventurer and writer, Ella Maillart, they set out across a China torn by civil war to journey through Xinjiang to British India. It had been eight years since anyone had crossed Xinjiang; in between those who had entered this inhospitable and politically volatile area - under the control of a warlord supported by Stalin''s Red Army - seldom left alive. Entering the 676 $a915.16044 700 $aFleming$b Peter$f1907-1971,$0158040 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818312703321 996 $aNews from Tartary$94124478 997 $aUNINA