Beasts, Men and Gods
This is the tale of one man's extraordinary journey across a continent and through the depths of human experience. Ferdinant Ossendowski, a cultured Russian doctor and writer, found himself on the run from the Bolsheviks during the Revolution of the 1920s. Setting his sights on reaching the safety of British India, he traveled across Asia, through a nightmarish landscape of battles, bandits and disease, forced to rely on his most basic survival instincts. This account of his trials is painstakingly observant and unflinchingly honest, a testament to the endurance of the human spirit. Beasts, Men and Gods will stun the reader with its astonishing true adventures.
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Beasts, Men and Gods
This is the tale of one man's extraordinary journey across a continent and through the depths of human experience. Ferdinant Ossendowski, a cultured Russian doctor and writer, found himself on the run from the Bolsheviks during the Revolution of the 1920s. Setting his sights on reaching the safety of British India, he traveled across Asia, through a nightmarish landscape of battles, bandits and disease, forced to rely on his most basic survival instincts. This account of his trials is painstakingly observant and unflinchingly honest, a testament to the endurance of the human spirit. Beasts, Men and Gods will stun the reader with its astonishing true adventures.
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Beasts, Men and Gods

Beasts, Men and Gods

by Ferdinand Ossendowski
Beasts, Men and Gods

Beasts, Men and Gods

by Ferdinand Ossendowski

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Overview

This is the tale of one man's extraordinary journey across a continent and through the depths of human experience. Ferdinant Ossendowski, a cultured Russian doctor and writer, found himself on the run from the Bolsheviks during the Revolution of the 1920s. Setting his sights on reaching the safety of British India, he traveled across Asia, through a nightmarish landscape of battles, bandits and disease, forced to rely on his most basic survival instincts. This account of his trials is painstakingly observant and unflinchingly honest, a testament to the endurance of the human spirit. Beasts, Men and Gods will stun the reader with its astonishing true adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783732682041
Publisher: Outlook Verlag
Publication date: 05/23/2018
Pages: 266
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (27 May 1876 - 3 January 1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anti-Communist political activist. He is best known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil War in which he participated.
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