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This text chronicles Logan's journey across snow-covered mountains, through sparsely-populated provinces and into the remotest parts of Eastern Tibet to save sacred art treasures. It weaves the story of her travels with the history and culture behind the art she attempts to save.

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ENTERING PEWAR and gazing straight up into its lantern, you face Vajradhara, "holder of the thunderbolt."

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  • Title Tibetan Rescue: The Extraordinary Quest to Save the Sacred Art Treasures of Tibet
  • Author Pamela Logan
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 227
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Tuttle Publishing, North Clarendon, Vermont, U.S.A.
  • Publication date January 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780804834216 / 0804834210
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.7 x 6.31 x 0.91 in (24.64 x 16.03 x 2.31 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Buddhist mural painting and decoration -, Dpal-'bar dgon pa (Dege Xian, China)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2001035137
  • Dewey Decimal Code 751.620
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