Big Tiger and Christian
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Author
Publication
1952 - Pantheon Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
148,000 words, Guess
Page Count
592 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6112567M
- OCLC Control Number244247
- OCLC Control Number54095830
- OCLC Control Numberbigtigerchristia00mh
- Library of Congress Control Number52009672
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- LibraryThing1775726
Classifications
- LCCPZ7.M875 Bi
Description
Two boys decide to play hooky and go kite-flying, and since this is Peking in the early 1920's, it rapidly becomes an adventure. Big Tiger and his European friend Christian wind up trapped on a speeding troop-train, rescued by a famous warlord, and then sent by him on a secret mission into remote, mysterious Mongolia. Their companions are a friendly but larcenous noncommissioned officer and a merchant who isn't at all what he claims to be. Along the way, the boys meet bandits, herdsmen, lamas -- and a clever Mongol girl and her extraordinary poodle. This is a WONDERFUL book. Although it is classified as a YA novel, any adult will read it with pleasure. The author spent years in China and Mongolia, and writes sympathetically but accurately of the people and conditions the two boys experience.
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