Luke Powell: Afghan Gold

by Luke Powell

While travelling overland to India from Europe in the fall of 1971, Luke Powell ran into the war between India and Pakistan, and he spent the following winter in neighboring Afghanistan. Powell was stunned by the beauty of the country, the state of preservation of the culture, and by the Afghans' ability to be totally self-sustaining. He returned nearly every year until 1978, when he left the country three days before a Communist coup. Powell's ability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3869306483
• ISBN13: 9783869306483
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Steidl
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 10.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.8" x 13.5" x 17.6"