Sir Aurel Stein - by Jeannette Mirsky (Paperback)

Name: Sir Aurel Stein - by Jeannette Mirsky (Paperback)
SKU: 1007637191
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An extraordinary man, who advanced human knowledge on many fronts, Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose.
Author(s): Jeannette Mirsky
616 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Historical

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Book Synopsis

An extraordinary man, who advanced human knowledge on many fronts, Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose. Jeannette Mirsky has drawn from Stein's voluminous outpouring of books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a lively and definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist.

"[Mirsky] has digested the correspondence, and she quotes so skillfully that her book will save many people the trouble of reading Stein's own exhaustive and exhausting volumes. Definitive."-Larry McMurtry, Washington Post

"A first-rate and unique biography of one of the more significant explorers of Central Asia and the Indo-Iranian borderlands. . . . Mirsky has recreated not only the life of an intrepid explorer but the spirit of the times."-Choice

"Mirsky has performed a signal service in distilling the life, travels, and letters of Aurel Stein into a manageable, graceful, and meaningful synthesis."-Theodore A. Wertime, Technology and Culture

Dimensions (Overall): 9.22 Inches (H) x 6.27 Inches (W) x 1.32 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 616

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Jeannette Mirsky

Language: English

Street Date: October 1, 1998

TCIN: 1007637191

UPC: 9780226531779

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-6508

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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