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Wilfred Skrede

Across the Roof of the World

Published by Travel Book Club 1954

Green boards which are clean. The dust jacket is worn a the edges.  255 pages with some light spotting with age. Book seller stamp in fly page

Tight pages and spine

 Wilfred Skrede was nineteen in 1941 when the Nazis occupied his homeland of Norway. Determined to reach a training camp of the free Norwegian Air Force located in Toronto, Canada, the daring young man set off across Russia, Siberia, China, Turkestan and India before finally reaching his destination in far away North America, more than one year later.
After the war Skrede wrote about this amazing journey describing in "Across the Roof of the World"  how he made his way along the tracks of Genghis Khan’s hordes, followed the silk caravans from China, crossed the high mountains of Central Asia, and miraculously made his way to freedom. Yet the liberty he sought demanded a high price.
Being a Norwegian refugee, he was frequently arrested by various police forces who threatened him with deportation back to his Nazi-occupied homeland, and in communist controlled Sinkiang the young adventurer had his back cracked by a wild truck driver. His most perilous challenge however came when he was forced to ride horseback over the infamous 16,000 foot high Mintaka Pass, a hideous bit of trail known for killing horses and riders alike.
The resultant story, told with fortitude, humor and resilience, is thus populated by a host of colorful characters, including famed English mountaineer Eric Shipton, and Tenzing, the Sherpa who went on to conquer Mount Everest. Amply illustrated, “Across the Roof of the World” is an epic equestrian travel tale laced with unforgettable excitement.

   Condition VG

Terms Used To describe Books Condition

NN=Near New without wrapping, no marks-looks unread- almost new book-pages either white or near white-slightest of use-read once. May have a remainder mark on the compressed ends

EC= Excellent Condition – Light wear only-no writing or crease to pages-may have  light discoloration to pages/name or inscription in fly--Light cover crease/anything major will not be in this category. Only excellent or barely read ex library books are in this category and this is always mentioned.

VG-maybe a name or bookseller stamp or other light marks with age including name or inscriptions/marks/light tanning on compressed ends/pages-Ex library; including all or some of above-otherwise fine.

GC=Good Condition –There is tanning to pages and age marks with some marks on book as above/and/or bookseller stamp and/or minor creasing and spine wear

FC=Fair Condition-book is a bit rough with annotations/creasing/foxing/spine wear but is a  readable copy–pages and spine tight

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