Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
by Roy Chapman Andrews
About this book
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. BenzingNOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.
1Entering the Land of Mystery
2Speed Marvels of the Gobi Desert
3A Chapter of Accidents
4New Travels on an Old Trail
5Antelope Movie Stars
6The Sacred City of the Living Buddha
7The Long Trail to Sain Noin Khan
8The Lure of the Plains
9Hunting on the Turin Plains
10An Adventure in the Lama City
11Mongols at Home
12Nomads of the Forest
13The Passing of Mongolian Mystery
14The Great Ram of the Shansi Mountains
15Mongolian "Argali"
16The Horse-Deer of Shansi
17Wapiti, Roebuck and Goral
18Wild Pigs - Animal and Human
19The Hunting Park of the Eastern Tombs
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