The trail of war
Subtitle: on the track of 'Big Horse' in Central Asia
By: Sven Hedin ; foreword by John Hare.
Contributors: Hedin, Sven Anders, 1865-1952.
Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
ISBN-13: 9781845117023
Subjects: Hedin, Sven Anders, -- 1865-1952 -- Travel -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu; Ma, Chung-ying, -- b. 1911; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- Description and travel; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (China) -- History
Description: "Sven Hedin tells the story of a remarkable expedition he made to the remote Chinese province of Xinjiang. Commissioned by the Chinese to map a road through one of the most inhospitable regions in the world, Hedin set out on a journey that saw him become entangled in a bloody war for independence that was raging in the province." -- BOOK COVER.
Notes: Originally published under title: Big Horse's flight : the trail of war in Central Asia. London : Macmillan, 1936.