Beasts, men and gods

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by  Ossendowski, Ferdinand, 1876-1944

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BEASTS, MEN AND GODS
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FERDINAND OSSENDOWSKI
BEASTS, MEN AND GODS
"A book of astounding, breath-taking, en-
thrallingadventure,anOdysseywhosenarrator
encountered more perilsandmarvels thandid
Ulysseshimself." New York Times.
"One of the most thrilling authentic per-
sonalnarrationsof adventu—re ever written."
New YorkHerald.
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"More absorbing than any fiction." Pro-
fessor Katharine Lee Bates ofWellesley Col-
lege.
"Set theimaginationofthousandsofreaders
afire." San FranciscoJournal.
MAN AND MYSTERY IN ASIA
"Thisisthemostwonderfuladventurestory
ofthetwentiethcentury." DesMoinesMirror
"Eacharrestingepisodecontributestowards
giving a more enduring impression of thelife
of the semi-civilized nomads inhabiting the
vastlandofSiberia." NewYorkEveningPost.
"Dr. Ossendowski's adventures rival Defoe
and Verne." BaltimoreEveningSun.
DUTTON & COMPANY
E. P.
MEN AND GODS
BEASTS,
BY
FERDINAND OSSENDOWSKI
Officier d'AcadSmie Franqaise
NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
68 Fifth Avenue
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Copyright, 1922
By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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When one of the leading publicists in America, Dr.
Albert Shaw of the Review of Reviews, after reading the
manuscript of Part I of this volume, characterized the
authoras "The Robinson Crusoe of the Twentieth Century,"
he touched the feature of the narrative whichis at once most
attractive and most dangerous; for the succession of trying
and thrillingexperiences recorded seems in places too highly
colored to be real or, sometimes, even possible in this day
and generation. I desire, therefore, to assure the reader
at the outset that Dr. Ossendowski is a man of long and
diverse experience as a scientist and writer with a training
for careful observation which should put the stamp of
accuracy and reliability on his chronicle. Only the extraor-
dinary events of these extraordinary times could have
thrown one with so many talents back into the surroundings
of the "Cave Man" and thus given to us this unusual account
of personal adventure, of great human mysteries and of the
political and religious motives which are energizing the
"Heart of Asia."
My share in the work has been to induce Dr. Ossen-
dowski to write his story at this time and to assist him ki
rendering his experiences into English.
Lewis Stanton Palen.
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