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Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
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Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair Hardcover - 2007

by Thayer, Helen

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At age 63, Thayer, bestselling author of "Polar Dream," fulfilled her lifelong dream of crossing Mongolia's Gobi Desert. In the book, she takes readers on a trip through a little-known landscape and introduces them to the culture of the nomadic people.

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Mountaineers Books, 2007. 1st printing. Tight and unmarked. 251pp. Very nice unclipped jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
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  • Title Walking the Gobi: 1,600 Mile-trek Across a Desert of Hope and Despair
  • Author Thayer, Helen
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mountaineers Books, Seattle, WA
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 060432
  • ISBN 9781594850646 / 159485064X
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 5.82 x 0.91 in (22.25 x 14.78 x 2.31 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Mongolia - Description and travel, Gobi Desert (Mongolia and China) -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007023416
  • Dewey Decimal Code 915.173

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  • Library Journal, 08/20/2007, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/31/2007, Page 45
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2008, Page 51