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PrintCollection Name: Drachen Foundation Collection
Collection Number: 2525
Post Type: Book
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Artist or Author: Heinrich Harrer
Creation Year: 1953
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ISBN: 0-87477-847-6 Language: English Description: "In 1943, Heinrich Matter, a youthful Austrian adventurer, mountaineer, and skier, escaped from a British internment camp in India and traveled through the rugged Himalayas to the Forbidden City of Lhasa in Tibet. Although he arrived with no money or permission to be in the country, his curious appearance and the traditional hospitality of Tibetan society soon worked in Harrer's favor, allowing him unprecedented acceptance among the upper class. His intelligence and his European ways also intrigued the curious young Dalai Lama, and he became his tutor and trusted confidant. When the Chinese invaded Tibet in 1950, Harter and the Dalai Lama fled the country together.
Now updated with a new epilogue by the author, Seven Years in Tibet is a timeless story that illuminates Eastern culture and the childhood of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and brings attention to the current plight of Tibetans. It is a must read for lovers of travel, adventure, history, and culture.
"First there is the incredibly adventurous twenty-one-month trek across rugged mountain and desolate plain to the mysterious heartland of Tibet; then the fascinating picture, rich in amazing detail, of life in Lhasa. ... Final chapters draw an intimate portrait of the youthful Dalai Lama."
Copyright 1953
Copyright renewed 1981
Epilogue copyright 1996
320 pages
Materials: Paper
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