Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest': Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest', credited to Roy Chapman Andrews, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews. Read in English by volunteer readers. An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public, excluding "scientific details" that they might find "wearisome". - Summary by Matthew M. Benzing NOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest'
• Author credits: Roy Chapman Andrews
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 7:53:32

Catalogue topics

• culture
• travel
• adventure
• animals
• Hunting
• memoir
• china
• mongolia

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 7:52
2. 01 - Entering the Land of Mystery — 19:38
3. 02 - Speed Marvels of the Gobi Desert — 20:49
4. 03 - A Chapter of Accidents — 16:17
5. 04 - New Travels on an Old Trail — 17:20
6. 05 - Antelope Movie Stars — 21:52
7. 06 - The Sacred City of the Living Buddha — 48:50
8. 07 - The Long Trail to Sain Noin Khan — 32:38
9. 08 - The Lure of the Plains — 37:30
10. 09 - Hunting on the Turin Plains — 27:28
11. 10 - An Adventure in the Lama City — 15:42
12. 11 - Mongols at Home — 26:37
13. 12 - Nomads of the Forest — 22:04
14. 13 - The Passing of Mongolian Mystery — 14:39
15. 14 - The Great Ram of the Shansi Mountains — 33:51
16. 15 - Mongolian "Argali" — 23:24
17. 16 - The Horse-Deer of Shansi — 17:38
18. 17 - Wapiti, Roebuck and Goral — 17:41
19. 18 - Wild Pigs - Animal and Human — 26:47
20. 19 - The Hunting Park of the Eastern Tombs — 24:55

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