Tent Life in Siberia

Auteur
American explorer George Kennan (1845-1924) was renowned for his adventures in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of the Russian Empire. He wrote for the Associated Press and traveled the world as a war correspondent. Kennan also contributed to Century Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, McClure's Magazine, and The Outlook.

Texte du rabat

Colorful vignettes from an 1860s expedition tell of the land and its people, from seven weeks aboard a Russian ship to a Cossack wedding to celestial wonders of the North.

Résumé
In the 1860s, a Russian-American company sponsored a survey for a proposed telegraph line extending from Siberia and the Bering Strait to the United States and Europe. Although the mission failed, it was one of the first explorations of the Siberian wilderness and provided the rich material for Kennan's entertaining vignettes about the expedition. He weaves a colorful travelogue that ranges from tales of seven weeks aboard a Russian ship to accounts of a Cossack wedding and the celestial wonders of the North.