Shadow of the Silk Road
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Published
New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2008.
ISBN
9780061231773, 0061231770
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Published
New York, NY : Harper Perennial, 2008.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
363 pages, 16 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780061231773, 0061231770
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
General Note
Originally published in Great Britain in 2006 by Charo & Windus.
Description
A journey along the greatest land route on earth: out of the heart of China into the mountains of Central Asia, across northern Afghanistan and the plains of Iran and into Kurdish Turkey, Colin Thubron covers some seven thousand miles in eight months. Making his way by local bus, truck, car, donkey cart and camel, he travels from the tomb of the Yellow Emperor to the ancient port of Antioch. The Silk Road is a huge network of arteries splitting and converging across the breadth of Asia. To travel it is to trace the passage not only of trade and armies but also of ideas, religions and inventions. But alongside this rich and astonishing past, this book is also about Asia today: a continent of upheaval. One of the trademarks of Thubron's travel writing is the beauty of his prose; another is his gift for talking to people and getting them to talk to him.--From publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Thubron, C. (2008). Shadow of the Silk Road (First Harper Perennial edition.). Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thubron, Colin, 1939-. 2008. Shadow of the Silk Road. Harper Perennial.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Thubron, Colin, 1939-. Shadow of the Silk Road Harper Perennial, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Thubron, Colin. Shadow of the Silk Road First Harper Perennial edition., Harper Perennial, 2008.
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