Across the Mongolian Steppes
About This Novel
After a brief introduction to Mongolia's history and political thorniness, the author describes a year-long expedition in Mongolia and northwest China, avoiding the excessive professional narrative of the author as a naturalist. The expedition team initially drove in order to photograph antelopes and wolves on the grasslands. The chapter in the Kulen (today's Ulaanbaatar) section of the book is very interesting, describing local temple rituals that have disappeared today. In order to stay longer, the author and his wife rode back with local herders on horseback. The author then went hunting in the forests of northern Mongolia. Some of the ideas in the book seem a little outdated. For example, in the last chapter, many animals are slaughtered in order to make them into specimens; the description of hunting is also a bit crude. But the book also records the humanity and beliefs of that time. The descriptions in the book are not overly sympathetic and are very objective. The author's descriptions of landscapes, colors, etc. Are excellent, including of course the animals that the author is most concerned about.
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