Golden Earth Author:Norman Lewis The second of Norman Lewis' travel books, GOLDEN EARTH describes his journeys in Burma at a time when the Far East was passing out of reach for the ordinary traveler. Lewis determined to see the Far East while it was still possible. He was just in time. Burma, China, North Korea, Vietnam...all were soon to fall behind a bamboo curtain, nearly... more » impossible for all westerners to penetrate. "The brilliance of the Burmese scene is paralleled by the brilliance of the prose." (Daily Telegraph)« less