James Gilmour of Mongolia: His diaries, letters, and reports

A collection of diaries, letters, and reports recounts prolonged travels and residence among Mongol communities, combining travel narrative, personal reflection, and pastoral concern. It follows early life and training, practical apprenticeship in the region, episodic journeys across the plains, logistical challenges of travel, domestic life including marriage, and periods of home visits and renewed fieldwork. Letters illustrate temperament, faith, and daily routines, while later chapters describe final labors and declining health. Maps and illustrations accompany episodic accounts to clarify routes, encampments, and material conditions encountered during years of cross-cultural engagement.