Omschrijving:
Tibetan Marches
Andre Migot
Translated from the french by Peter Fleming
Published by Readers Union Rupert Hart-Davis, hardcover with dustjacket, with 16 pages of illustrations.
Dustjacket some wear, some damage.
Contents
Introduction by Peter Fleming
INTO CHINA
I Hanoi to Kunming
II The First Stage
III A Chinese Funeral
IV Lorries & Lolos
V The Opium Racket
VI The Holy Mountain
VII `Buddha's Glory'
A SLIGHT CASE OF BANDITRY
VIII Life in Chengtu
IX Buddhism & Visiting-Cards
X My Amateur Coolies
XI Robbery Under Arms
XII A Gruelling Mardi
XIII Pressing on Regardless
THE GATEWAY TO TIBET
XIV Tibetans in Kangting
XV Frontier Troubles
XVI Elements of BuddhisM
CARAVANS & LAMAS
XVII Brick-tea & Tsampa
XVIII The Spell of Jara
XIX An Alien World
XX Father Fu
XXI Night Marches
FIVE YAKS & CORACLES
XXII The Mecca of Sikang
XXIII The Road to the North
XXIV The Holy Valley
XXV Printing & Architecture
XXVI An Agonizing Dilemma
MY INITIATION
XXVII The Barrier of the Yangtse
XXVIII Transmission of Strength
XXIX Captain Ma
XXX Midsummer Festival
XXXI Dance of the Lamas
SEVEN THE ATTEMPT ON LHASA
XXXII To be a Pilgrim
XXXIII Rough Going
XXXIV The Long Arm of the Law
XXXV Enforced Retreat
A CROSS MARKS THE SPOT
XXXVI Homage to a Hero
XXXVII Rendezvous for Kokonor
XXXIII The Great Grass Desert
XXXIX China Once More
XL The Blue Lake
CROSS INNER MONGOLIA
XLI A Moslem Capital
XLII Lorries & Quagmires
CAPTURED BY THE COMMUNISTS
XLIII Excursion to the Tombs
XLIV Led Away Captive
XLV Life in Red China
XLVI Safe in Peking
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