{"product_id":"sir-aurel-stein-archaeological-explorer-9780226531779","title":"Sir Aurel Stein: Archaeological Explorer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeannette Mirsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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 Jeannette Mirsky has drawn from Stein's voluminous outpouring of books and articles as well as from his letters and unpublished archival materials to produce a lively and definitive biography of this archaeological explorer, geographer, historical topographer, and linguist. \u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614620696727,"sku":"9780226531779","price":3877.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226531779.webp?v=1775095023","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sir-aurel-stein-archaeological-explorer-9780226531779","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}