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Author:

Talty, Stephan.

Title:

Escape from the land of snows : the young Dalai Lama's harrowing flight to freedom and the making of a spiritual hero / Stephan Talty.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Crown Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xv, 302 p. : map ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,--Dalai Lama XIV,--1935---Childhood and youth.
Escapes--Tibet.--Tibet.
Tibet (China)--History--1951-
Tibet (China)--Politics and government--1951-
Dalai lamas--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-286) and index.

Contents:

An examination of prior memories -- To Lhasa -- Across the Ghost River -- Eastern fires -- A rumor -- Foreign brothers -- Across the Kyichu -- Flight -- The Norbulingka -- OpIm -- "Godless Reds vs. a living god" -- The Jokhang -- Lhuntse Dzong -- In Tibetan prisons -- The last border -- Meeting a poet -- Epilogue: bonfires.

Summary:

Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.

ISBN:

0307460959
9780307460950

LCCN:

2010019827

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

HNPC845 -- Hawarden Public Library (Hawarden)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)