The Resource Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, Dorje Dolma
Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, Dorje Dolma
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The item Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, Dorje Dolma represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "This unusual memoir immerses the reader in the fascinating story of a spirited girl in a remote, undeveloped region of Nepal near the border of Tibet, a place made known to the world in Peter Matthieson's The Snow Leopard. Life above 13,000 feet in northern Dolpo--often called the last paradise because of its breathtaking snow-capped peaks, untouched beauty, and hand-irrigated green pastures--was one of constant risk and harsh survival. In the 1980s, Dolpo had no running water, electricity, motor vehicles, phones, school, or doctors, other than the local lamas, trained in the use of herbs and prayer. Dorje Dolma's life centered around the care of her numerous younger siblings and the family's sheep, goats, and yaks. At age five she began herding, taking the animals high in the mountains, where she fought off predatory wolves and snow leopards. Covering her first ten years, the story takes Dorje from her primitive mountain village to the bewildering city of Kathmandu, and finally to a new home in America, where she receives life-saving medical treatment. With humor, soul, and insightful detail, the author gives us vividly told vignettes of daily life and the practice of centuries-old Tibetan traditions. She details the heartbreaking trials, natural splendors, and familial joys of growing up in this mysterious, faraway part of the world with its vanishing culture. This is the inspiring story of an indomitable spirit conquering all obstacles, a tale of a girl with a disability on her way to becoming a dynamic woman in a new world"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Sentient Publications edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 328 pages
- Note
- "A paperback original"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9781591812883
- Label
- Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal
- Title
- Yak girl
- Title remainder
- growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal
- Statement of responsibility
- Dorje Dolma
- Title variation
- Growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This unusual memoir immerses the reader in the fascinating story of a spirited girl in a remote, undeveloped region of Nepal near the border of Tibet, a place made known to the world in Peter Matthieson's The Snow Leopard. Life above 13,000 feet in northern Dolpo--often called the last paradise because of its breathtaking snow-capped peaks, untouched beauty, and hand-irrigated green pastures--was one of constant risk and harsh survival. In the 1980s, Dolpo had no running water, electricity, motor vehicles, phones, school, or doctors, other than the local lamas, trained in the use of herbs and prayer. Dorje Dolma's life centered around the care of her numerous younger siblings and the family's sheep, goats, and yaks. At age five she began herding, taking the animals high in the mountains, where she fought off predatory wolves and snow leopards. Covering her first ten years, the story takes Dorje from her primitive mountain village to the bewildering city of Kathmandu, and finally to a new home in America, where she receives life-saving medical treatment. With humor, soul, and insightful detail, the author gives us vividly told vignettes of daily life and the practice of centuries-old Tibetan traditions. She details the heartbreaking trials, natural splendors, and familial joys of growing up in this mysterious, faraway part of the world with its vanishing culture. This is the inspiring story of an indomitable spirit conquering all obstacles, a tale of a girl with a disability on her way to becoming a dynamic woman in a new world"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dolma, Dorje
- Dewey number
-
- 954.960092
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- genealogical tables
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DS493.9.T53
- LC item number
- D66 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Dolma, Dorje
- Tibetans
- Girls
- Tibetan Americans
- Women immigrants
- Scoliosis
- Dolpā (Nepal)
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Label
- Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, Dorje Dolma
- Note
- "A paperback original"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985074234
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Sentient Publications edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9781591812883
- Lccn
- 2017035762
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color map, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985074234
- Label
- Yak girl : growing up in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, Dorje Dolma
- Note
- "A paperback original"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn985074234
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Edition
- First Sentient Publications edition.
- Extent
- xvi, 328 pages
- Isbn
- 9781591812883
- Lccn
- 2017035762
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, color map, genealogical table
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985074234
Subject
- Dolpā (Nepal) -- Biography
- Girls -- Nepal -- Biography
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Developing & Emerging Countries
- Scoliosis -- Patients -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Tibetans -- Nepal | Dolpā -- Biography
- trueWomen immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Tibetan Americans -- Biography
- Dolma, Dorje
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