{"product_id":"sir-aurel-stein-archaeological-explorer-0226531775","title":"Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0226531775\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mirsky, Jeannette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary man, who advanced human knowledge on many fronts, Sir Aurel Stein (1862-1943) pursued dramatic adventure with scientific purpose. Jeannette Mirsky has drawn from Stein's voluminous outpouring of books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a lively and definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist.\"[Mirsky] has digested the correspondence, and she quotes so skillfully that her book will save many people the trouble of reading Stein's own exhaustive and exhausting volumes. Definitive.\"-Larry McMurtry, Washington Post\"A first-rate and unique biography of one of the more significant explorers of Central Asia and the Indo-Iranian borderlands. . . . Mirsky has recreated not only the life of an intrepid explorer but the spirit of the times.\"-Choice\"Mirsky has performed a signal service in distilling the life, travels, and letters of Aurel Stein into a manageable, graceful, and meaningful synthesis.\"-Theodore A. Wertime, Technology and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51677849452832,"sku":"NEW0226531775","price":36.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71uibJ95dfS.jpg?v=1779298067","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/sir-aurel-stein-archaeological-explorer-0226531775","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}