Gobi - Tracking the Desert

Man, John

ISBN 10: 0300076096 / ISBN 13: 9780300076097

Published by First U.S. edition, published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999., 1999

About this Item

Near fine with near fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is very lightly bumped along top edges and has a few very light scratches on back panel. Two small stains on dedication page. 212 pages with index and bibliography plus 19 illustrations and a map.

Seller Inventory # 15713

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gobi - Tracking the Desert
• Publisher: First U.S. edition, published by Yale University Press, New Haven, 1999.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300076096
• ISBN 13: 9780300076097
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science

About this title

Synopsis

Following in the footsteps of the few who have trod the Gobi desert, the author relives its extraordinary history and portrays the world's last great wildernessin all its variety.This is an extremely rich book which uses firsthand experiences of travelling in Mongolia for two months with nomads, herdsman, and paloentologists to relive the past of this extraordinary wilderness, and to explore the Gobi as it is today.

About the Author

John Man is the author of Jungle Nomads of Ecuador, an account of an Amazonian Indian tribe with whom he lived for two years, and The Survival of Jan Little. His work in television includes a 6-part Channel 4 documentary on human endurance, and for Radio 4 he has made a series on survivors, the second part of which will be broadcast in 1996. He is married to the playwright, Timberlake Wertenbaker.