With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of four years' residence on the Tibetan border, and of a journey into the far interior [Paperback]

Susie Carson Rijnhart (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 3, 2001

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1901 edition by Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, Edinburgh.

Product Details

• Paperback: 442 pages
• Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation (October 3, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1402194420
• ISBN-13: 978-1402194429
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,278,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Evangelical Pioneers among the Tibetan, Amdo Peoples, June 27, 2010

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D. J. Horevay (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of four years' residence on the Tibetan border, and of a journey into the far interior (Paperback)

With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple is a superb evangelical travelog, adventure and apologetic for Tibetan evangelism. This book was passed on to me by the grandson of the famed William Christie, apostle to Tibet who traversed these regions from 1895 to 1924. I read it while in Qinghai Province of Tibetan China. I could not put it down. Daily surrounded by red-robed monks and masses of the common folk fingering their prayer beads Dr. Rijnhart's account has surprising relevance to our day. The Tibetan peoples are curious, friendly and spiritually attuned. The life changing, transformative gospel of Jesus Christ is desperately needed among these dear people. Possibly readers will be so persuaded by the examples noted in this book that they too will abandon all to carry the evangel to these wind-swept heights.

5.0 out of 5 stars Troubles in Tibet, June 30, 2007

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This review is from: With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of four years' residence on the Tibetan border, and of a journey into the far interior (Paperback)

Susie Carson Rijnhart is one of those intrepid women travelers who pop up in the late Victorian age. Her story is one of the more adventurous -- and tragic. She lost a husband and a baby in her attempt to storm the mountain vastnesses of Tibet on behalf of Christianity and Western civilization. God did not favor their efforts.

A Canadian, Carson married a maverick Dutch missionary, Peter Rijnhart, and the two of them journeyed to the borders of Tibet in 1895. After three years on the frontier of country known to Europeans, the two and their young child plunged into the wilderness on a mission that may have had as a motive as much adventure as Christianity. Entering Tibet from the North, the couple ran into troubles with unfaithful guides and unfriendly Tibetans. The baby died, Rijnhart disappeared, and Susie made her way -- finally getting some help from Tibetan authorities -- through hundreds of miles of some of the roughest country in the world to the nearest Christian settlement at Tachienlu (now Kangding).

This edition is a reproduction of the 1901 edition with a map and a few photographs. In a day in which well-equipped explorers vied to be first to enter Tibet, Susie Carson's low-budget expedition is remarkable. That she survived is something of a miracle. In addition to describing the tribulations of her traverse of Tibet, Carson tells of life and politics on the borders of China, Tibet, and Turkestan and paints a picture of the large Buddhist monastery at Kumbum and the Muslims living in the region who competed with Buddhism for adherents.

If you like old travel books and the tales of intrepid Victorian travelers this is a good book to read.

Smallchief