Across Asia on a Bicycle (1894)

A Memoir by Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben

Across Asia on a Bicycle is an exciting travel story written by Thomas Gaskell Allen Jr. and William Lewis Sachtleben detailing their travels across Asia at the close of the nineteenth century. The journey from Constantinople to Peking was one of the first of its kind on a bicycle and led two American students to experience cultures and people that they knew little about.