Beasts, Men and Gods: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beasts, Men and Gods, credited to Ferdinand Ossendowski, 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 Beasts, Men and Gods, by Ferdinand Ossendowski. Read by Mark F. Smith. “Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.” The difference is: it’s all true. Ferdinand Ossendowski was a Pole who found himself in Siberia and on the losing side during the Bolshevik Revolution. To escape being rounded up and shot, he set out with a friend to reach the Pacific, there to take ship back to Europe. During his journey he fell in with dozens of other military men who shared the same objective… but nearly every one of them perished on the way. It’s up to you to decide whether Ossendowski was threatened most by the beasts, by the men, or by the gods, or indeed, by the severe and uncompromising landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. That he survived at all seems improbable. The mystical mysteries and magics of Buddhism, “The Yellow Faith”, were woven about and through his sojourn and had no little part in his survival. Time after time he was put in the delicate position of being the bargainer between warring groups, and ultimately, only incredible luck and his friendship with the Hutuktu of Narabanchi Monastery saw him through. When published in the United States, this book caused a sensation and became a best-seller. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beasts, Men and Gods
• Author credits: Ferdinand Ossendowski
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 8:59:20

Catalogue topics

• memoirs
• history
• Siberia
• travel
• adventure
• Bolshevik Revolution

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 00 - GLOSSARY — 7:22
2. 01 - Into the Woods — 11:31
3. 02 - The Secret of My Fellow Traveler — 10:54
4. 03 - The Struggle For Life — 9:17
5. 04 - A Fisherman 05 - A Dangerous Neighbor — 8:49
6. 06 - A River in Travail — 8:14
7. 07 - Through Soviet Siberia 08 - Three Days on the Edge of a Precipice — 14:19
8. 09 - To the Sayans and Safety — 14:33
9. 10 - The Battle on the Seybi — 14:57
10. 11 - The Barrier of Red Partisans — 7:32
11. 12 - In the Country of Eternal Peace — 14:56
12. 13 - Mysteries, Miracles and a New Fight — 13:16
13. 14 - The River of the Devil — 10:53
14. 15 - The March of Ghosts — 9:00
15. 16 - In Mysterious Tibet — 14:08
16. 17 - PART II, Mysterious Mongolia — 22:36
17. 18 - The Mysterious Lama Avenger — 15:55
18. 19 - Wild Chahars 20 - The Demon of Jagisstai — 24:07
19. 21 - The Nest of Death 22 - Among the Murderers — 18:14
20. 23 - On a Volcano — 14:49
21. 24 - A Bloody Chastisement — 8:12
22. 25 - Harrassing Days — 24:27
23. 26 - The Band of White Hunghutzes 27 - Mystery in a Small Temple — 14:59
24. 28 - The Breath of Death — 14:16

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