Word: hankey
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...from being that. In all the "war books" I have read, ranging from Ian Hay through Donald Hankey to Ambassador Page, I have come across none that possessed the inherent power and strength and fascination of this strange tale. Dr. Ossendowski, a Polish professor formerly holding an important official scientific position in Russia, was caught by the Revolution: fied in winter Eastward through Siberia; struck South across Inner and Outer Mongolia and into Thibet; retraced his steps, skirted--the Desert of Gobi, and finally reached Urga, the city of the Living Buddha. From Urga, which was also serving...