Henning Haslund (1896–1948)
Auteur van Men and Gods in Mongolia (Mystic Traveller Series)
Over de Auteur
Werken van Henning Haslund
Jabonah : Abenteuer in der Mongolei 1 exemplaar
Tagged
Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Haslund-Christensen, Henning
- Geboortedatum
- 1896-08-31
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1948-09-13
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Denmark
- Geboorteplaats
- Copenhagen, Denmark
Leden
Besprekingen
Statistieken
- Werken
- 7
- Leden
- 82
- Populariteit
- #220,761
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7
One of the features I found most interesting in this tale of a group of young men who left Denmark in the 1920s to set up a ranch in Mongolia, was that they had been preceded by previous generations of Danes who had settled in the region to establish dairy farms (all taken over by the State after the Russian revolution). It put in context for me Karen Blix and her tales of the Danes who had emigrated to Africa during the same period. I had been unaware of this aspect of Danish history.
Recommended for anyone interested in Scandinavian, Chinese, Russian and Mongolian history, but don't expect to learn much about how to judge the quality of furs, although that was one of Haslund's main responsibilities. I would have preferred more descriptions of the customs and people than tales of overcoming snow-filled passes and fording frozen rivers.… (meer)