Winds of the steppe : walking the Great Silk Road from central Asia to China
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Author
Contributors
Golembeski, Dan, translator.
Status
Main Flagstaff Public Library - Non-Fiction
915.804 O49w
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915.804 O49w
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
326 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in France as Longue marche: �A pied de la M�editerran�ee jusqu'en Chine par la route de la Soie. III.--Le vent des steppes by �Editions Ph�ebus, Paris"--title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-323).
Description
"Picking up where Walking to Samarkand left off, Winds of the Steppe continues the astonishing tale of journalist Bernard Ollivier's 7,200-mile walk from Turkey to China along the Silk Road, the longest and most mythical trade route of all time. Taking readers from the snows of the Pamir Mountains to the backstreets of Kashgar--a Central Asian city that could be the setting for One Thousand and One Nights--to the Tian Shan Mountains to the endless Taklamakan and Gobi Deserts of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Bernard Ollivier continues his epic foot journey along the Great Silk Road hoping to make his way to Han China and reach, at long last, the legendary city of Xi'an. After traveling through a region dotted with former Buddhist shrines, Ollivier finds himself craving the warm welcome of Islamic lands, where, regardless of their culture or nationality, travelers are often treated as esteemed guests. Beyond the occasional vestige of the old Silk Road, Ollivier comes face to face with sites of religious significance, China's Great Wall, and of course thousands of everyday people along the way. As Ollivier tries to make sense of his journey and find connections between these people's daily lives and the so-called "modern" world, he does so with a sense of humility that transforms his personal journey into a universal quest"--Publisher's website.
Language
Translated from the French.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ollivier, B., & Golembeski, D. (2020). Winds of the steppe: walking the Great Silk Road from central Asia to China . Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ollivier, Bernard and Dan, Golembeski. 2020. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road From Central Asia to China. Skyhorse Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ollivier, Bernard and Dan, Golembeski. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road From Central Asia to China Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ollivier, Bernard,, and Dan Golembeski. Winds of the Steppe: Walking the Great Silk Road From Central Asia to China Skyhorse Publishing, 2020.
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