In the Footsteps of Genghis Khan

In 1935 John DeFrancis trekked with camels for a thousand miles across the Gobi Desert, explored the ruins of Khara-Khoto, visited the westernmost pass of the Great Wall, was held captive by a warlord, and evaded warring armies by rafting twelve hundred miles down the bandit-infested Yellow River on inflated sheepskins.