Out of this world: across the Himalayas to forbidden Tibet

Out of this world: across the Himalayas to forbidden Tibet

Lowell Thomas Jr.

The Greystone Press: New York

1950

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Invitation to Lhasa -- Preparations for the journey -- Why we were invited -- Off to Gangtok -- Over the Himalayan barrier -- The Dalai Lama's passport -- Britain and Tibet -- Halfway to Lhasa -- In Tibetan homes -- The final push to Lhasa -- Our first days in Lhasa -- The fourteenth Dalai Lama -- The Dalai Lama's family and others -- We talk with Lhasa officials -- The Potala- Tibet's Vatican -- Religion comes first in Tibet -- Two Britons in Tibet -- Escape to Shangri-La -- Dangerous trail home -- When you go to Tibet.

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