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Far beyond the garden gate

Describes the life and travels of Alexandra David-Neel, who became a scholar of Buddhism and Tibet in the early twentieth century and trekked thousands of miles to reach Llasa, the Tibetan capital.

Audience
childrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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