Michel Peissel

The Last Barbarians - Henry Holt & Co - 253 pages

Seizing the barest of opportunities to explore deep into occupied Tibet, Michel Peissel accomplished what scores of Western explorers had tried and failed to do for more than 100 years: to find the source of the Mekong River, in the ice-strewn fields on the "roof of the world." This immensely readable account chronicles his successful endeavor in 1994. of color photos.

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Geography & Travel

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915.150459