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BL
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| Record Number
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960221
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b714591
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| Uniform Title
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Sieben Jahre in Tibet.English
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| Main Entry
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Harrer, Heinrich,1912-2006.
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| Title & Author
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Seven years in Tibet /\ Heinrich Harrer ; translated from the German by Richard Graves ; with an introduction by Peter Fleming ; [foreword by the Dalai Lama].
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam,, [1997]
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xx, 329 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations, map ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0874778883
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: 9780874778885
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Preface -- Internment -- Escape -- Into Tibet -- The village of happiness -- On the move -- The worst trek of all -- The Forbidden City -- Calm waters -- Asylum granted -- Life in Lhasa -- An attempted coup d'etat -- Commissions from the government -- Tibet prepares for trouble -- Tutor to the Dalai Lama -- Tibet is invaded -- I leave Tibet -- Epilogue: 1996.
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| Abstract
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"Seven Years in Tibet" is the extraordinary true story of how a young Austrian adventurer became tutor and friend to the Dalai Lama. This timeless story illuminates Eastern culture, as well as the childhood of His Holiness and the current plight of Tibetans. A major motion picture will feature Brad Pitt in the lead role of Heinrich Harrer.
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Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,1935-Childhood and youth.
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Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho,1935-
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Harrer, Heinrich,1912-2006.
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Harrer, Heinrich,1912-
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Harrer, Heinrich,1912-2006
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| Subject
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Travel.
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Tibet Autonomous Region (China), Description and travel.
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Tibet (China), Description and travel.
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China, Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Tibet (China), Description.
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| Dewey Classification
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951.504
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| LC Classification
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DS785.H273 1997
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