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Yak Butter & Black Tea by Wade Brackenbury (1998, Paperback) 
Yak Butter & Black Tea by Wade Brackenbury (1998, Paperback)

 
Yak Butter & Black Tea by Wade Brackenbury (1998, Paperback)

Publisher: Algonquin Books
Publication Date: 1998-01-03
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1565122011
ISBN-13: 9781565122017
Product ID: EPID511722
Description: Wade Brackenbury's wanderlust led him to China, where he climbed mountains and deliberately lost himself in an alien culture. When he met a French photojournalist in a restaurant, he accompanied him on a quest for the Drung people, a dwi...
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Synopsis
Wade Brackenbury's wanderlust led him to China, where he climbed mountains and deliberately lost himself in an alien culture. When he met a French photojournalist in a restaurant, he accompanied him on a quest for the Drung people, a dwindling tribe in an obscure valley in Tibet, accessible only when the snow melted for a brief period each year making passage over the mountains possible--and forbidden to foreigners by the Chinese government. It took the two men three years to travel the few hundred miles to the land of the Drung. This is the story of their journey, and what they found at the end of it.

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Publication Date:1998-01-03

Size
Length:224 pages
Height:8.8 in
Width:5.3 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:10.4 oz

Publisher's Note
Wade Brackenbury wanted an adventure and he got the journey of a lifetime. Along with a charismatic photographer named Pascal, Wade went seeking the Drung people, a dwindling minority in the vast empire of China, said to live in an obsure valley in Southern Tibet. No Westerner had been to the Drung valley in over a century. YAK BUTTER & BLACK TEA is a story of daring and adventure, offering a fascinating glimpse into a hidden corner of contemporary China. And it is the account of a young man, driven by a compulsion he doesn't understand, as he tests himself in this dangerous, exotic land. "A remarkable account of exploration and adventure in forbidden lands. Travel writing of the old school at its best".--Joe Simpson, author of DARK SHADOWS FALLING and TOUCH OF THE VOID.

Industry Reviews
"Wade Brackenbury, a chiropractic student from Idaho, tells...of his repeated efforts to find what he believed were the elusive Drung people....What makes him so appealing is his willingness to put his spine-aligning skills to use (Indiana Jones as chiropractor) and his flickers of doubt about the worth of the entire adventure..."
New York Times Book Review - David Willis McCullough (12/08/1996)

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