Douglas Wissing: 3 books
Pioneer in Tibet
The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
Dr. Albert Shelton was a medical missionary and explorer who spent nearly twenty years in the Tibetan borderlands at the start of the last century. During the Great Game era, the Sheltons' sprawling station in Kham was the most remote and dangerous mission on earth. Raising his family in a land of...
Hopeless but Optimistic
Journeying through America's Endless War in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
Award-winning journalist Douglas A. Wissing’s poignant and eye-opening journey across insurgency-wracked Afghanistan casts an unyielding spotlight on greed, dysfunction, and predictable disaster while celebrating the everyday courage and wisdom of frontline soldiers, idealistic humanitarians, and...
IN Writing
Uncovering the Unexpected Hoosier State
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Fueled by an insider’s view of Indiana and the state’s often surprising connections to the larger world, IN Writing is revelatory. It is Indiana in all its glory: sacred and profane; saints and sinners; war and peace; small towns and big cities; art, architecture, poetry and victuals. It’s about...