Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia vs What I saw in America: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern Asia George Kennan · 1870 425 pages · ≈ 7 h 52 m · Challenging

An account of a period living in Siberia in pursuit of a plan to carry a telegraph line across land to Europe through Siberia in consequence of the failure of efforts to carry a telegraph line to Europe under the…

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Cover of What I saw in America What I saw in America Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1922 ★★★★☆ 3.8 111 pages · ≈ 2 h 03 m · Challenging

Like many writers and thinkers of his era, British author G. K. Chesterton toured the United States to get a clearer sense of the country's culture and zeitgeist. The collection What I Saw in America offers Chesterton's…

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Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern AsiaWhat I saw in America
Goodreads — 3.8 (390)
Hardcover — 3.0 (1)
Apple Books — 4.0 (8)

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Tent-life in Siberia and adventures among the Koraks and other tribes in Kamchatka and northern AsiaWhat I saw in America
Ratings — 390
Editions 59 91
Want to read — 900
Reading it now — 228
Written reviews — 51
Pages 425 111

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