Public domain audiobook
Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public, excluding "scientific details" that they might find "wearisome". - Summary by Matthew M. Benzing
NOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.
NOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
07:52 - Chapter 2
Entering the Land of Mystery
19:38 - Chapter 3
Speed Marvels of the Gobi Desert
20:49 - Chapter 4
A Chapter of Accidents
16:17 - Chapter 5
New Travels on an Old Trail
17:20 - Chapter 6
Antelope Movie Stars
21:52 - Chapter 7
The Sacred City of the Living Buddha
48:50 - Chapter 8
The Long Trail to Sain Noin Khan
32:38 - Chapter 9
The Lure of the Plains
37:30 - Chapter 10
Hunting on the Turin Plains
27:28 - Chapter 11
An Adventure in the Lama City
15:42 - Chapter 12
Mongols at Home
26:37 - Chapter 13
Nomads of the Forest
22:04 - Chapter 14
The Passing of Mongolian Mystery
14:39 - Chapter 15
The Great Ram of the Shansi Mountains
33:51 - Chapter 16
Mongolian "Argali"
23:24 - Chapter 17
The Horse-Deer of Shansi
17:38 - Chapter 18
Wapiti, Roebuck and Goral
17:41 - Chapter 19
Wild Pigs - Animal and Human
26:47 - Chapter 20
The Hunting Park of the Eastern Tombs
24:55