Descending the Tianshan Mountains: a Journey into the Heart of Asia

About This Novel

This book is Lattimore's travelogue through Xinjiang from north to south in 1927. After meeting his newlywed wife in Tacheng, he passed through famous landmarks such as Urumqi, Manas, Turpan, Ili, Aksu, Kashgar, and Yarkand, and crossed famous mountain ranges such as the Tianshan Mountains and the Karakoram Mountains. Unlike other foreign travelers with political, commercial and other motives since the 19th century, Lattimore truly went deep into the people and recorded the customs and culture along the way. And his connection with the historical geography of the Asian hinterland also allows us to see the tests this land has endured in turbulent times.

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