Author: Skrede, Wilfred, translated by M.A. Michael,
Title: Across the Roof of the World.
Description: NY, Norton, (1954). 1st ptg. G in G DJ ex-library. Across Russia & turkestan, over the Himalayas alone & afoot into India to the sea. Owner inscription title page, usual. library markings, map on endpapers, DJ edge wear. A young Norwegian tells of his journey from Sweden to Canada to joint the free Norwegian forces of WWII. Frequently alone, without experience, Skrede made his way along the tracks of the hordes of Genghis Kahn, the silk caravans from China & unknown wastes of the high mountains.

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