Sunday, December 19, 2010

My Mongolian World: From Onon Bridge to Cambridge

#560
Title: My Mongolian World: From Onon Bridge to Cambridge
Author: Urgunge Onon
Publisher: Global Oriental
Year: 2006
162 pages

Onon, a Genghis Khan scholar, here recounts his childhood and early adulthood. He lovingly evokes rural Mongolian  scenes, interwoven with folktales recounted by the people around him. Read with Weatherford's Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, particularly the chapters on Genghis Khan's childhood and environs.

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