The Abode of Snow: Observations on a Tour from Chinese Tibet to the Indian Caucasus "But the Himalaya may have many visitors before that other Abode of Snow turns things topsy-turvy, if it ever do so; and these, I hope, may find my book of some service. It was not for them, however, that this volume was written, but for those who have never seen and may never see the Himalaya." Andrew Wilson's account of his journey through the Himalayan Mountains invokes our imagination with stunning written imagery. He describes the area as more than just the terrain, it encompasses the culture, history, people and story of the place. His account was originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. As a publication Blackwood's was famous in Britain. The "Maga" as it was referred to, included content ranging from the poetic works of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, to horror stories that were said to influence authors like Dickens and even Edgar Allen Poe, to the first publication of Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad. This volume was first published in 1886 by G.P. Putnam's The Knickerbocker Press.
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Himalayas in the News:
Closure has been given to hundreds of American families by a 'professional adventurer' who has dedicated years to tracking down planes which went missing in the Himalayas during the Second World War.
One missing pilot was James Browne, 21, who disappeared over the mountainous jungle region known as 'The Hump' on November 17, 1942.
His fellow pilot Captain John Dean, a veteran of the legendary Flying Tigers, and a Chinese crewman went down with him in the C-47.
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Mystery of the lost 'Hump Airmen' solved after 70 years as adventurer hunts down remains of World War Two pilots who crashed in the Himalayas
An Unbelievable BBC Documentary on the Himalayas
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