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Beasts, Men and Gods

“Beasts, Men and Gods” is an account of an epic journey, filled with perils and narrow escapes, in the mold of “The Lord of the Rings.”

The difference is: it’s all true.

Ferdinand Ossendowski was a Pole who found himself in Siberia and on the losing side during the Bolshevik Revolution. To escape being rounded up and shot, he set out with a friend to reach the Pacific, there to take ship back to Europe. During his journey he fell in with dozens of other military men who shared the same objective… but nearly every one of them perished on the way.

It’s up to you to decide whether Ossendowski was threatened most by the beasts, by the men, or by the gods, or indeed, by the severe and uncompromising landscapes of Siberia, Mongolia, and China. That he survived at all seems improbable. The mystical mysteries and magics of Buddhism, “The Yellow Faith”, were woven about and through his sojourn and had no little part in his survival. Time after time he was put in the delicate position of being the bargainer between warring groups, and ultimately, only incredible luck and his friendship with the Hutuktu of Narabanchi Monastery saw him through.

When published in the United States, this book caused a sensation and became a best-seller. (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

Year of Publication: 1921Genres: Travel & Geography , Memoirs

Running Time: 8 hours 59 minutes 20 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	00 - GLOSSARY Mark F. Smith	7:21
2	01 - Into the Woods Mark F. Smith	11:30
3	02 - The Secret of My Fellow Traveler Mark F. Smith	10:53
4	03 - The Struggle For Life Mark F. Smith	9:16
5	04 - A Fisherman 05 - A Dangerous Neighbor Mark F. Smith	8:48
6	06 - A River in Travail Mark F. Smith	8:14
7	07 - Through Soviet Siberia 08 - Three Days on the Edge of a Precipice Mark F. Smith	14:18
8	09 - To the Sayans and Safety Mark F. Smith	14:32
9	10 - The Battle on the Seybi Mark F. Smith	14:57
10	11 - The Barrier of Red Partisans Mark F. Smith	7:31
11	12 - In the Country of Eternal Peace Mark F. Smith	14:55
12	13 - Mysteries, Miracles and a New Fight Mark F. Smith	13:16
13	14 - The River of the Devil Mark F. Smith	10:53
14	15 - The March of Ghosts Mark F. Smith	8:59
15	16 - In Mysterious Tibet Mark F. Smith	14:08
16	17 - PART II, Mysterious Mongolia Mark F. Smith	22:36
17	18 - The Mysterious Lama Avenger Mark F. Smith	15:54
18	19 - Wild Chahars 20 - The Demon of Jagisstai Mark F. Smith	24:06
19	21 - The Nest of Death 22 - Among the Murderers Mark F. Smith	18:13
20	23 - On a Volcano Mark F. Smith	14:48
21	24 - A Bloody Chastisement Mark F. Smith	8:11
22	25 - Harrassing Days Mark F. Smith	24:26
23	26 - The Band of White Hunghutzes 27 - Mystery in a Small Temple Mark F. Smith	14:59
24	28 - The Breath of Death Mark F. Smith	14:15
25	29 - PART III, On the Road of Great Conquerors Mark F. Smith	27:53
26	30 - Arrested! 31 - Traveling by "Urga" Mark F. Smith	16:58
27	32 - An Old Fortune Teller 33 - Death From a White Man Will Stand Behind You Mark F. Smith	16:15
28	34 - The Horror of War 35 - In the City of Living Gods Mark F. Smith	20:15
29	36 - A Son of Crusaders and Privateers Mark F. Smith	22:02
30	37 - The Camp of Martyrs Mark F. Smith	9:15
31	38 - Before the Face of Buddha Mark F. Smith	20:12
32	39 - The Man With a "Head Like a Saddle" PART IV 40 - In the Blissful Garden of a Thousand Joys Mark F. Smith	22:30
33	41 - The Dust of Centuries 42 - The Book of Miracles Mark F. Smith	13:21
34	43 - The Birth of the Living Buddha 44 - A Page in the History of the Present Living Buddha 45 - The Vision of the Living Buddha Mark F. Smith	12:26
35	46 - The Subterranean Kingdom 47 - The King of the World Before the Face of God Mark F. Smith	19:36
36	48 - Reality of Religious Fantasy? 49 - The Prophecy of the King of the World in 1890 Mark F. Smith	11:38