Xenophon's Anabasis: The March Up Country by Rouse, W. H. D - 1959

USA: New American Library Publiisher, 1959. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Paperback in Good Condition. A modern translation by W.H.D.Rouse. Clean and unmarked cover, wear around all edges, crease down hinge.Tight glued binding. All pages intact, clean, toned. Prev owner name on inside of front cover. Xenophon's first-hand account of an extraordinary military campaign nearly 2,300 years ago in Asia Minor, when Xenophon went as a reporter with 10,000 Greek mercenaries in an attempt to help Cyros overthrow his brother, the King of Persia. Cyros was killed and his forces defeated; they were stranded 1500 miles from home. Xenophon was chosen as their leader to get them home--through impassable territory, crossing deserts, fording deep rivers, through mountains--and back to the sea and home. One of the great adventures of all time. 191 pages. 4.25 x 7 inches. 1959, The New American Library, New York, New York, USA