The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds

Praise

Praise for The Horse That Leaps Through Clouds

“A complicated, ambitious travel adventure through modern Inner Asia . . . a truly inspired journey.” —Kirkus

“Following in the footsteps of Baron Carl Gustav Mannerheim, the last Tsarist spy in the so–called Great Game, Tamm has written a grand sweep of a narrative. It combines a long and arduous physical journey—9 months and 17,000 kilometers from St. Petersburg across the Tibetan Plateau and the Gobi desert to Beijing—with the revelations of high stakes history—espionage in virtually unknown territory in the early years of the twentieth century. At its core, this is a journey into the soul of the Middle Kingdom, and the roots of modern China. Full of wild characters, harsh geography, and historical surprise, Tamm’s journey reveals him to be at once an intrepid adventurer, fine writer, and discerning historian. Altogether a wonderful book.” —Wade Davis

Praise for Beyond the Outer Shores

“Tamm’s account of Ricketts’s short life . . . is an engrossing memoir. Freelance writer Tamm smartly weaves in–depth literary analysis of Steinbeck’s fiction into his narrative, though writing relatively little about mythologist Joseph Campbell’s spiritual explorations . . . Tamm writes with impassioned honesty about his subject’s many dimensions.” —Publishers Weekly

“Tamm . . . presents an affecting and mind–expanding group portrait of three creative thinkers.” —Booklist