Author: Grant MacLean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995029309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Chogyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month escape from pursuing Communist troops. Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world's harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain. Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they'd made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas. This near-mythic journey can be seen to stand with such legendary accounts of courage, adventure and leadership as Shackleton's famous 1914-17 Antarctic expedition. Unlike those, it was sometimes shaken by dissension and even outright sabotage - but it was also marked by great compassion and good humor, and touched by a magic long gone from the Western world. At heart it is the story of ordinary people and their young leader taking a vast leap into the unknown, to make one of history's most extraordinary escapes. Told in spare, gripping language, the story is enhanced by Chogyam Trungpa's hand-drawn maps and illustrations, survivors' recollections and a commentary highlighting the back stories. Links to a gallery of images, video footage and satellite imagery enable readers to follow the stunning route and breathe in the spectacular landscape."
From Lion's Jaws
Author: Grant MacLean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995029309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Chogyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month escape from pursuing Communist troops. Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world's harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain. Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they'd made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas. This near-mythic journey can be seen to stand with such legendary accounts of courage, adventure and leadership as Shackleton's famous 1914-17 Antarctic expedition. Unlike those, it was sometimes shaken by dissension and even outright sabotage - but it was also marked by great compassion and good humor, and touched by a magic long gone from the Western world. At heart it is the story of ordinary people and their young leader taking a vast leap into the unknown, to make one of history's most extraordinary escapes. Told in spare, gripping language, the story is enhanced by Chogyam Trungpa's hand-drawn maps and illustrations, survivors' recollections and a commentary highlighting the back stories. Links to a gallery of images, video footage and satellite imagery enable readers to follow the stunning route and breathe in the spectacular landscape."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995029309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Chogyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month escape from pursuing Communist troops. Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world's harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain. Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they'd made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas. This near-mythic journey can be seen to stand with such legendary accounts of courage, adventure and leadership as Shackleton's famous 1914-17 Antarctic expedition. Unlike those, it was sometimes shaken by dissension and even outright sabotage - but it was also marked by great compassion and good humor, and touched by a magic long gone from the Western world. At heart it is the story of ordinary people and their young leader taking a vast leap into the unknown, to make one of history's most extraordinary escapes. Told in spare, gripping language, the story is enhanced by Chogyam Trungpa's hand-drawn maps and illustrations, survivors' recollections and a commentary highlighting the back stories. Links to a gallery of images, video footage and satellite imagery enable readers to follow the stunning route and breathe in the spectacular landscape."
Out of the Jaws of the Lion
Author: Homer E. Dowdy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Out of the Jaws of the Lion reveals, for the first time, the full story of horrors endured in the Congo by missionaries whose only crime was their dedication to spreading the Word of God. -- From book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Martyrs
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Out of the Jaws of the Lion reveals, for the first time, the full story of horrors endured in the Congo by missionaries whose only crime was their dedication to spreading the Word of God. -- From book jacket.
The Lion's Jaws
Author: Victor Rousseau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Out of the Lion's Jaws
Author: Ernest Brockman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lion
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Sacred Ecstatics
Author: Hillary Keeney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997376258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997376258
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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White Shark
Author: Peter Benchley
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312955731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Something even more dangerous than the observed sixteen-foot pregnant great white shark has risen from the depths and is feeding in the waters off the coast of Connecticut.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312955731
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Something even more dangerous than the observed sixteen-foot pregnant great white shark has risen from the depths and is feeding in the waters off the coast of Connecticut.
Mountain Lion Attack
Author: Lisa Owings
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612116426
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Trespassing in mountain lion habitat is a dangerous idea. Mountain lions do not share their territory, and they will not hesitate to stalk, pounce, and bite to defend it. Read about people who are lucky to be alive after brutal battles with mountain lions.
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612116426
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Trespassing in mountain lion habitat is a dangerous idea. Mountain lions do not share their territory, and they will not hesitate to stalk, pounce, and bite to defend it. Read about people who are lucky to be alive after brutal battles with mountain lions.
From Lion's Jaws
Author: Grant MacLean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995029309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Chogyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month escape from pursuing Communist troops. Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world's harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain. Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they'd made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas. This near-mythic journey can be seen to stand with such legendary accounts of courage, adventure and leadership as Shackleton's famous 1914-17 Antarctic expedition. Unlike those, it was sometimes shaken by dissension and even outright sabotage - but it was also marked by great compassion and good humor, and touched by a magic long gone from the Western world. At heart it is the story of ordinary people and their young leader taking a vast leap into the unknown, to make one of history's most extraordinary escapes. Told in spare, gripping language, the story is enhanced by Chogyam Trungpa's hand-drawn maps and illustrations, survivors' recollections and a commentary highlighting the back stories. Links to a gallery of images, video footage and satellite imagery enable readers to follow the stunning route and breathe in the spectacular landscape."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995029309
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
In 1959 a nineteen year-old lama, Chogyam Trungpa, led 300 Tibetan men, women and children on a desperate nine-month escape from pursuing Communist troops. Forced to travel where people had never been, they trekked through some of the world's harshest weather and most treacherous mountain terrain. Then, starving and exhausted, they attempted a river crossing under heavy gunfire in flimsy vessels they'd made themselves -- only to face a midwinter climb over the Himalayas. This near-mythic journey can be seen to stand with such legendary accounts of courage, adventure and leadership as Shackleton's famous 1914-17 Antarctic expedition. Unlike those, it was sometimes shaken by dissension and even outright sabotage - but it was also marked by great compassion and good humor, and touched by a magic long gone from the Western world. At heart it is the story of ordinary people and their young leader taking a vast leap into the unknown, to make one of history's most extraordinary escapes. Told in spare, gripping language, the story is enhanced by Chogyam Trungpa's hand-drawn maps and illustrations, survivors' recollections and a commentary highlighting the back stories. Links to a gallery of images, video footage and satellite imagery enable readers to follow the stunning route and breathe in the spectacular landscape."
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Author: Ronne Randall
Publisher: Flying Frog Publishing
ISBN: 9781884628276
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher: Flying Frog Publishing
ISBN: 9781884628276
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
The Lion's Jaws
Author: Victor ROUSSEAU (pseud.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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