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 When first published in 1929, The Desert Road to Turkestan was likened to the travel narratives of Marco Polo and Sir Francis Younghusband. It is the classic account of one of the last traditional caravan treks across "the winding road" from China to Chinese Turkestan, now Xinjiang. The adventure begins when two young American newlyweds, Owen and Eleanor Lattimore, conceive of the idea of a honeymoon on the Silk Road, but caravan etiquette forces the groom to embark by himself on the first leg of the trip. Lattimore must contend with marauding troops, nonexistent maps, underhanded travel companions, and a blinding blizzard on his way to Turkestan for the reunion with his wife. "The live and vivid record of a modern pioneer on a far-off frontier of the new century."
--The New York Herald Tribune "Far-away and exotic, yet curiously akin to something which our own West has only lost in the last half-century. And he tells his amazing story simply and without bravado, yet with intensity and power."
--The Nation  Paperback 384 pages - 5 5/8" x 9" - (8/95)
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