Across Asia on a Bicycle: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Across Asia on a Bicycle, credited to Thomas Gaskell Allen; William Lewis Sachtleben, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen; William Lewis Sachtleben. Read in English by pyfeman43; DJRickyV; Lewis-James Mordieu; Jim Price; Mark Chulsky; Lynne Thompson; Tony Oliva; Richard Shipp In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 they returned, have covered over 15,000 miles, at that time the "longest continuous land journey ever made around the world." This is their account of their trip across Turkey, Persia, Turkestan and northern China. It described their adventures traveling along through regions few outsiders ever visited. And include climbing Mount Ararat (they didn't find an ark) and a meeting with the then Chinese Prime Minister. And numerous photographs selected from the 2,500 taken on the almost 3 year trip. (summary by Annise)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Across Asia on a Bicycle
• Author credits: Thomas Gaskell Allen; William Lewis Sachtleben
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 14
• Listed recording duration: 5:40:11

Catalogue topics

• travel
• Asia
• bicycle
• travelogue
• road trip

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:31
2. 01 - Beyond the Bosporus — 37:06
3. 02 - Beyond the Bosporus Part 2 — 26:28
4. 03 - The Ascent of Mt. Ararat — 24:03
5. 04 - The Ascent of Mt. Ararat Part 2 — 28:10
6. 05 - Through Persia to Samarkand — 31:17
7. 06 - Through Persia to Samarkand Part 2 — 23:32
8. 07 - The Journey from Samarkand to Kuldia — 25:29
9. 08 - The Journey from Samarkand to Kuldia Part 2 — 22:23
10. 09 - Over the Gobi Desert — 24:53
11. 10 - Over the Gobi Desert Part 2 — 25:43
12. 11 - Over theGobi Desert Part 3 — 25:52
13. 12 - An Interview with the Prime Minister of China — 20:06
14. 13 - An Interview with the Prime Minister of China Part 2 — 21:37

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