{"product_id":"sir-aurel-stein-a-biography-9780226531762","title":"Sir Aurel Stein: A Biography","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSir Aurel Stein: A Biography\u003c\/strong\u003e by Mirsky, Jeannette. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780226531762.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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 Jeannette Mirsky has drawn from Steins voluminous outpouring of books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a lively and definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist.\"[Mirsky]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 Steins 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, a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44980813135925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226531767","price":90.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226531762_06259278-3bea-4e53-872e-cfa7db4ca849.jpg?v=1778954481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/sir-aurel-stein-a-biography-9780226531762","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}