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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.
Author Talty, Stephan.
Publisher New York : Crown Publishers, [2011]
Copyright ©2011
Description xv, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition First edition.
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LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 BW-Adult Collection  BIO BSTAN Nearby on shelf  30615004005491 06-06-19  AVAILABLE
 DP-Biography  B Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho Nearby on shelf  32244201787245 07-13-11  AVAILABLE
 EI-Adult Collection  294.3923 TAL Nearby on shelf  30626002164693 07-29-11  AVAILABLE
 IS-Lower Stacks  B DALAI LAMA Nearby on shelf  30634002257780 12-15-18  AVAILABLE
 LW-Hillside  294.3 TAL Nearby on shelf  30641004651589 04-29-13  AVAILABLE
 SK-Upper Level  B DALAI LAMA XIV Nearby on shelf  30662911104850 09-07-11  AVAILABLE
 SM-Upper Level  B DALAI LAMA XIV  30660912065724 07-22-23  AVAILABLE
 WB-Adult Collection  294.3923 TAL  3 0672 00227 9339 06-09-11  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibligraphical references (pages 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 -- 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.
Subject Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- -- Childhood and youth.
Escapes -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region.
Other title Young Dalai Lama's harrowing flight to freedom and the making of a spiritual hero.
ISBN 9780307460950