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Nous sommes en 1920, la Russie est encore agit e par les s quelles de la guerre civile qui a suivi la r volution de 1917. L'auteur tente de fuir ce pays, o il est d sormais hors-la-loi, en gagnant la Mongolie. C'est cet extraordinaire voyage que Ferdinand Ossendowski nous... Read Full Overview

Ossendowski joined a group of Poles and White Russians trying to escape from communist-controlled Siberia to India through Mongolia, China and Tibet. After a journey of several thousand miles the group reached Chinese-controlled Mongolia, only to be stopped there by the take-over... Read Full Overview

Ferdynand Ossendowski (1876-1945) was a Polish writer, journalist, traveler, explorer and university professor.After a journey of several thousand miles, he crossed Chinese-controlled Mongolia, and was stopped there by the take-over of the country led by mysterious Baron Roman... Read Full Overview

If the tales by Ferdinand Ossendowski are true, then he led an extraordinary life. Ossendowski begins his account in a solitary shack in Siberia. Having heard that the police are coming for him, he sneaks off in the bitter cold, armed with an axe, guns, and many shells. Not surprisingly,... Read Full Overview

Dr. Ossendowski is a man of long and diverse experience as a scientist and writer with a training for careful observation which should put the stamp of accuracy and reliability on his chronicle. Only the extraordinary events of these extraordinary times could have thrown one... Read Full Overview

Beasts, Men And Gods: Translated By Lewis Stanton Palen This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked... Read Full Overview

In the beginning of the year 1920 I happened to be living in the Siberian town of Krasnoyarsk, situated on the shores of the River Yenisei, that noble stream which is cradled in the sun-bathed mountains of Mongolia to pour its warming life into the Arctic Ocean and to whose mouth... Read Full Overview

One morning- when I had gone out to see a friend- I suddenly received the news that twenty Red soldiers had surrounded my house to arrest me and that I must escape...' (Excerpt from Chapter 1)

Embark on a thrilling journey through the heart of Central Asia with Ferdinand Ossendowski's "Beasts, Men and Gods." This captivating account chronicles the author's remarkable experiences traveling through Mongolia during a tumultuous period. Part travelogue, part historical... Read Full Overview

Embark on a thrilling journey through the heart of Central Asia with Ferdinand Ossendowski's "Beasts, Men and Gods." This captivating account chronicles the author's remarkable experiences traveling through Mongolia during a tumultuous period. Part travelogue, part historical... Read Full Overview