Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' by Roy Chapman Andrews (1884 - 1960)

An account of a 1918 journey to Northern China by famed adventurer/paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews. Andrews, who was the inspiration for the many explorer hero characters (including Indiana Jones), wrote this book for the general public, excluding "scientific details" that they might find "wearisome". - Summary by Matthew M. Benzing

NOTE: This book contains many accounts of hunting animals for sport and for exhibition in a museum.