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Through Jade Gate and Central Asia
An account of jouneys in Kansu, Turkestan and the Gobi Desert
318 pages, Hardback
First published January 1, 1927
About the author
Mildred Cable
43 books4 followers(Alice) Mildred Cable was a British Protestant Christian missionary in China, serving with the China Inland Mission. With her traveling companions Evangeline (Eva) French and Eva's younger sister Francesca, she traveled from Huozhou to Zhangye and settled in Jiuquan in 1923. Branching out from there they traveled extensively, giving away Bibles and Christian literature in Tibet, and Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces. After 1936, Cable and the French sisters were not able to return to Asia and retired to Dorset where they wrote about their experiences.
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September 16, 2021
Interesting view of that part of the world 100 years ago, but the writing is dull and stiff. 100 pages was plenty.
January 2, 2023
Book written in 1927. Amazing story,
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