{"product_id":"my-journey-to-lhasa-the-classic-story-of-the-only-western-woman-who-succeeded-in-entering-the-forbidden-city-9780060596552","title":"My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Involves us intensely in a world that no longer exists--that of free Tibet. . . . Fervent and admirably unsentimental . . . [David-Neel] had to exercise the utmost ingenuity to survive.\"-- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1927, \u003cem\u003eMy Journey to Lhasa\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful, entertaining record of danger and achievement that has become one of the most remarkable and inspirational of all travelers' tales. Disguised as a beggar, Alexandra David-Neel tackled some of the roughest terrain and climate, suffered primitive travel conditions, frequent outbreaks of disease, the ever-present danger of border control, and the military to become the first woman to penetrate Tibet and reach Lhasa--and the first Western woman to have been received by any Dalai Lama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra David-Neel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.36w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060596552","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45089355333769,"sku":"9780060596552","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b77d0915-6f14-4b15-a29b-83ebb9227ffa.jpg?v=1766476427","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/my-journey-to-lhasa-the-classic-story-of-the-only-western-woman-who-succeeded-in-entering-the-forbidden-city-9780060596552","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}