The Gobi Desert
Presents the authors remarkable travel book about their experiences in the Gobi Desert (1923-1936). They were the first English women to cross the Gobi Desert after twenty years of working as missionaries in the Shansi province of China. They describe the Chinese inns, the monasteries, the archaeological sites, the abandoned cities and the life in the oasis towns bringing the Gobi Desert alive for the reader.
GenresCable, MildredTravelGobi Desert (Mongolia and China)MongoliaFrench, FrancescaDescription and travel
303 pages, 3 editions
English edition · First published 1984 by Beacon Press · ISBN 9780807070338
Be the first to rate this book
Editions
3 editions
English
- The Gobi Desert · Beacon Press · 1987 · ISBN 9780807070338 This page
- The Gobi Desert: The Adventures of Three Women Travelling Across the Gobi Desert in the 1920s · Trotamundas · 2008 · ISBN 9781906393120
- The Gobi Desert · Virago · 1984 · ISBN 9780860685616
Keep track of what you read
Book Nook is a free reading tracker with a 3D bookshelf, a reading timer, challenges with friends and a Reading Wrapped at the end of the year. Add The Gobi Desert to your shelf in one tap.