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PublisherUnicorn Publishing Group

ISBN-101911604309

ISBN-139781911604303

eBay Product ID (ePID)25038485335

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Book TitleThomas, Lucy and Alatau : the Atkinsons' Adventures in Siberia and the Kazakh Steppe

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2018

TopicGeneral, Russia

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, Art

AuthorJohn Massey Stewart

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsEssential reading . . . . The Atkinsons were pioneers in every sense, and their immersion in a time and place was rarely matched. What is more, by emphasising the integral role of Lucy Atkinson, Massey Stewart makes a valuable effort to rebalance the gender prejudices of the period. These were, after all, not Thomas's adventures alone. His life, his travels, and his accounts, were altogether richer for her involvement, and this is worthy of both recognition and celebration.

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal915.7

SynopsisThis is the first full biography of an unjustly forgotten man: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861), architect, artist, traveller extraordinaire, author - and bigamist. Famous in his lifetime as 'the Siberian traveller', he spent seven years travelling nearly 40,000 miles through the Urals, Kazakhstan and Siberia with special authorisation from the Tsar, producing 560 watercolour sketches - many published here for the first time - of the often dramatic scenery and exotic peoples. He kept a detailed daily journal, now extensively quoted for the first time with his descendants' cooperation.This is also the story of Lucy, his spirited and intrepid wife and their son Alatau Tamchiboulac, called after their favourite places and born in a remote Cossack fort. They both shared his many adventures and extremes of heat and cold, travelling with him on horseback up and down precipices and across dangerous rivers, escaping a murder plot atop a great cliff and befriending the famous Decembrist exiles., This is the first full biography of an unjustly forgotten man: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861), architect, artist, traveller extraordinaire, author - and bigamist. Famous in his lifetime as 'the Siberian traveller, he spent seven years travelling nearly 40,000 miles through the Urals, Kazakhstan and Siberia with special authorisation from ......, This is the first full biography of an unjustly forgotten man: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799 - 1861), architect, artist, traveller extraordinaire, author - and bigamist. Famous in his lifetime as 'the Siberian traveller, he spent seven years travelling nearly 40,000 miles through the Urals, Kazakhstan and Siberia with special authorisation from the Tsar, producing 560 watercolour sketches - many published here for the first time - of the often dramatic scenery and exotic peoples. He kept a detailed daily journal, now extensively quoted for the first time with his descendants cooperation. This is also the story of Lucy, his spirited and intrepid wife and their son Alatau Tamchiboulac, called after their favourite places and born in a remote Cossack fort. They both shared his many adventures and extremes of heat and cold, travelling with him on horseback up and down precipices and across dangerous rivers, escaping a murder plot atop a great cliff and befriending the famous Decembrist exiles., Thomas, Lucy and Alatau is the first full biography of an unjustly forgotten man: Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1799-1861), architect, artist, traveler extraordinaire, and author. Famous in his lifetime as "the Siberian traveler', Atkinson spent seven years travelling nearly forty thousand miles through the Urals, Kazakhstan, and Siberia with special authorization from the Tsar. During his travels he produced more than five hundred watercolor sketches--many published here for the first time--of the often dramatic scenery and exotic peoples. He also kept a detailed daily journal, extensively quoted in this book for the first time. But this is also the story of Lucy, his spirited and intrepid wife, and their son, Alatau Tamchiboulac, named after their favorite places and born in a remote Cossack fort. They both shared Atkinson's many adventures--enduring extremes of heat and cold, traveling on horseback up and down precipices and across dangerous rivers, escaping a murder plot atop a great cliff, and befriending the famous Decembrist exiles. Their true live adventures are sure to appeal to history and travel enthusiasts in equal measure.

LC Classification NumberDK755