HUNZA: LOST KINGDOM OF THE HIMALAYAS

by John Clark ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 18, 1956

A twenty-month experiment amounting to a one-man Point Four program was undertaken in 1950 by field and professor geologist, John Clark. His account concerns the facts of actions and attitudes as he reports on his projects and the procedures required to carry them out. To him Hunza was a pilot project for the setting up of a Western bulwark to Communism, through giving immediate help and offering a philosophy for growth free of crippling traditions. His running of a medical dispensary, sowing wildflower gardens and setting up a handicraft school for future business possibilities, introducing American vegetables to the farmers, surveying the mountains for minerals in behalf of Pakistan all were elements in his program, which he attempted to set up and defend in the face of political and professional suspicions and the Mir stand for his feudal rights. To change what must be changed, he believed it a basic necessity to introduce in the people objectivity, dissatisfaction and creative confidence, value of the individual and responsibility. He juggled and taught by example where he could meeting his greatest success with his boys, notably the potential leader Hayat. An unusual face-to-face story of dedication with a dramatic measure of personal involvement and political suspense.

Pub Date: May 18, 1956

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalle

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1956

Categories: NONFICTION