Beasts, Men and Gods by Polish writer Ferdynand Ossendowski is a travel narrative first published in 1922.


The difference is: it’s all true.

The book is a fascinating account of his adventures and travels in northern Asia; Siberia, Mongolia, Tibet, and China, in an effort to flee the Red army of the Russian revolution.





Antoni Ferdynand Ossendowski (1876-1945) was a Polish writer, explorer, university professor, and anti-Communist political activist. He is best known for his books about Lenin and the Russian Civil War, a war in which he participated.

After the 2ndworld war, the new communist Soviet-led authorities of Poland issued a ban on all books by Ossendowski. Many of his books were confiscated from the libraries and burnt. It was not until 1989 that his books were again published openly in Poland.

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