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BLOOD IN THE DUST The open West was a land where wanderers could find themselves a home--a home to fight for, to be changed by, sometimes to die for. Jed Asbury was one such journeyman, taking on the identity of a dead man. Allen Ring was another: he'd won his plot of land in a card game only to find he had to win again with a gun. From a has-been boxer to a ranch hand taking on his bosses' troubles, the characters in these classic Louis L'Amour short stories are all "riding for the brand"--staying loyal to what matters, staking the West with their courage and their blood.

Only one person has given us a first-hand account of the civilization of Angkor. This is the Chinese envoy, Zhou Daguan, who visited Angkor in 129697 and wrote A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People after his return to China. To this day Zhous description of the royal palace, sacred buildings, women, traders, slaves, hill people, animals, landscapes, and everyday life remains a unique portrait of thirteenth-century Angkor at a time when its splendors were still intact.Very little is known about Zhou Daguan. He was born on or near the southeastern coast of China, and was probably a young man when he traveled to Cambodia by boat. After returning home he faded into obscurity, though he seems to have lived on for several decades. Much of the text of Zhous book has been lost over the centuries, but what remains gives us a lively sense of Zhou the man as well as of Angkor.In this edition, Peter Harris translates Zhou Daguans work directly from Chinese to English to be published for the first time. Earlier English versions depended on a French translation done over Riding for the Brand download book a century ago, and lost much of the feeling of the original as a result.

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Author: Louis L'Amour
Number of Pages: 256 pages
Published Date: 31 May 1999
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780553281057
Download Link: Click Here
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