{"product_id":"sir-aurel-stein-jeannette-mirsky-9780226531779","title":"Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer","description":"An 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 Jeannette Mirsky has drawn from Stein's voluminous outpouring of books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a lively and definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[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, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"-\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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, \u003ci\u003eTechnology and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeannette Mirsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226531775\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226531779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.22h x 6.27w x 1.32d","brand":"Jeannette Mirsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47610978042111,"sku":"9780226531779","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e164d4b3-875f-4aee-9d36-ba4e7daa29fa.jpg?v=1764510914","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sir-aurel-stein-jeannette-mirsky-9780226531779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}