Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book 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, Date: New York : Crown Publishers, ©2011. Description: xv, 302 pages : map ; 25 cm 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. Subjects: Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- -- Childhood and youth. Escapes -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) 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 -- Bonfires. LCCN: 2010019827 ISBN: 9780307460950 0307460959 Other Number: 515405213 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 279433 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 294.3923 Bstan-dz Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
