KINGDOMS AT THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
The mystical mountain regions of the Himalayas have captivated western imaginations: British imperial ambitions in the Great Game, spiritual questers seeking enlightenment, or hippies seeking a groovy end of a trail in Kathmandu. Here's my miscellaneous collection. 1. Seven Years in Tibet, Heinrich Harrer (1954). Austrian Harrer was an expert mountaineer preparing to climb a Himalayan peak when he was interred in India by the British. He escaped his internment camp to make his way into Tibet. Harrer gains the confidence of a young Dali Lama and stays in the mountain country until 1950 when he was forced out by the Chinese Communists. 40 pages of black and white photos. Later made into a movie with Brad Pitt as Harrer. Book-of-the-Month Club edition. Bought used at an unremembered location. 2. Roof of the World: Tibet, Key to Asia, Amaury de Riencourt (1950). In 1946, de ...