Seven Years in Tibet
by Heinrich Harrer; Translated by Richard Graves; Introduction by Peter Fleming
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Some wear to corners. DJ in protective cover. 1st Edition. xvi + 288 pp., color frontis, b/w photos, map. Translated from the German. First English edition, 4th printing, but done the same year as the 1st printing. Unclipped, price of 16s net on bottom front inside flap. Fascinating account of escape across the Himalayas and of the years he spent in Tibet, by one of Germany's top pre-war mountaineers (first ascent of north face of the Eiger in 1938). Translated from German by Richard Graves and with an introduction by Peter Fleming. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4th Printing.
Synopsis
Seven Years in Tibet is an autobiography written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951. The story takes place during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army moved into Tibet in 1950. It narrates the true story of an Austrian prisoner of war who successfully escaped his British captors in India in 1944 on the third attempt. His escape route led him across Tibet. In 1943, Heinrich Harrer, escaped captivity and made his way through the Himalayan passes to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet and finally lived for years in Lhasa becoming a tutor to the Dalai Lama. Seven Years in Tibet was first published in Germany before being acquired by Dutton.
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- J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
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- 011257
- Title
- Seven Years in Tibet
- Author
- Heinrich Harrer; Translated by Richard Graves; Introduction by Peter Fleming
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints
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Garrison, New York
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