Having written a memorable account of his journey to Borneo and Sumatra, Carl Bock made another remarkable expedition to the Southeast Asian Mainland. With vivid detail and telling anecdote, Bock describes his journey from Bangkok to the region between Burma, Laos, and Thailand know today as the Golden Triangle. Bock restores old Siam to life in a book that remains exciting to read a century after its original publication.

Temples and Elephants: Travels in Siam in 1881-1882 (Oxford in Asia Paperbacks)

BOCK, Carl

Literature & Fiction

Oxford University Press

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections  such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,  or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,  have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works  worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.    ++++  The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification:  ++++   Temples And Elephants: The Narrative Of A Journey Of Exploration Through Upper Siam And Lao Carl Bock S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1884 Travel; Asia; Southeast; Laos; Laos States; Siam; Thailand; Travel / Asia / Southeast; Travel / Essays & Travelogues

Temples And Elephants: The Narrative Of A Journey Of Exploration Through Upper Siam And Lao...

Arts & Photography

Nabu Press

The Head Hunters Of Borneo: A Narrative Of Travel Up The Mahakkam And Down The Barito

History

Palala Press

<p>In 1540, Francisco Vásquez de Coronado led an expeditionary force from Mexico into what is now the American Southwest. His journey provides the backdrop for this contemporary mystery novel. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede mostly works alone in one corner of Arizona’s smallest county. His job has been a simple one until the day a flash flood exposes the rusted remains of an old pickup. A body in the truck turns out to be the long-lost son of a prominent ranching family, and forensic evidence shows it was murder. Deputy Creede faces a twenty-year-old cold case with too many suspects, from an ex-girlfriend and jealous family members, to drug lords and looters of archeological sites. The story unfolds amidst two issues affecting modern day southeastern Arizona: the loss of native rangeland to exurban development, and tensions along the international border. Resolution of the case leaves both of these problems in place, but sheds fictional yet plausible light on a southwestern mystery that has been around for nearly five centuries.</p>

Coronado's Trail (A Will and Betsy Black Adventure)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Bock, Jane

Mystery

Absolutely Amazing Ebooks

There is a killer at large in the oak grasslands of southeastern Arizona whose weapon of choice is a deadly variety of southwestern rattlesnake. Deputy Sheriff Calvin Creede doesn’t like snakes, but with the help of veteran herpetologist Dr. Hazel Smith and his fiancé, Maria Obregon, he seeks to find the mountain cave from which a collection of Mojave rattlesnakes recently was looted. Then he must determine which of a variety of suspects has taken them home. Was it the leader of a gang of border vigilantes obsessed with keeping the county free of undesirables? Was it a greedy developer who will stop at nothing to gain control of the land and water he desperately needs for his business ambitions? Or could it have been a recently disinherited trust child who supports himself by trafficking in illegal reptiles? The killer turns out to be someone whose motives are as exotic as his means. In this, the second installment of Arizona Borderland Mysteries, Carl and Jane Bock continue their story about a deputy sheriff in an isolated corner of Arizona’s smallest county. It is a land once dominated by a few cowboys and their cattle, but Deputy Creede finds his job increasingly complicated by the trappings of southwestern exurbia, including vineyards, drugs, border tension, and high-end housing developments.

Death Rattle (An Arizona Borderlands Mystery) (Volume 2)

Death Of A Glades Man-A Florida Keys Mystery

Few Eurpoeans ventured into unknown Asia in the 19th century, and even fewer wrote so vividly and candidly about their travels or describe the results of their explorations. Carl Alfred Bock, a Norwegian natural scientist, was one of these intrepid travellers who published such an account.His most famous work is 'The Head-Hunters of Borneo' published in 1881 in both Dutch and English. In Temples & Elephants he records his journey to northern Thailand and Laos which had the support of H.M. King Chulalongkorn, to whom the book is dedicated.Most of the material that Bock collected, described in the book, is in London museumswhile some items, including some rare bronze statues, are kept in the Ethnographic Museum in Oslo. This is a fascinating account of travel in a remote part of Thailand at a time when few westerners were exploring the area, although Bock was among the pioneers who made the area and the items he cllected there, of worldwide interest. This book is a reprint of a popular classic and is sure to captures the hearts of a new generation of readers.

Temples & Elephants

Travel

Asia

River Books Press Dist A/C

Head-hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up the Mahakkam and Down the Barit

Graham Bash

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