Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman

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Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman is a humorous nonfiction book chronicling physicist Richard Feynman’s quixotic quest, alongside Ralph Leighton, to visit the remote Russian republic of Tuva.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf humorous book
nonfiction book
travel literature
about Soviet bureaucracy
Tuvan culture
adventure
curiosity
friendship
travel difficulties during the Cold War
chronicles attempts to travel to Tuva
interactions with Soviet authorities
logistical challenges of visiting Tuva
countryOfSubject Russia
Russian SFSR
depicts Tuvan geography
Tuvan people
Tuvan stamps and ephemera
featuresCharacter Ralph Leighton
Richard Feynman
genre humor
nonfiction
travel writing
hasAuthor Ralph Leighton
hasContributor Richard Feynman
hasMedium print
hasPerspective first-person account by Ralph Leighton
hasProtagonist Ralph Leighton
Richard Feynman
hasTitle Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman self-link
language English
mainSubject Richard Feynman
Tuva Republic
surface form: Tuva
narrativeFocus quest to visit Tuva
portrays Richard Feynman’s fascination with Tuva
efforts to obtain permission to visit Tuva
relatedTo Cold War era travel restrictions
Richard Feynman’s popular science persona
setting Soviet Union
Tuva Republic
surface form: Tuva
structure chronicle of a long-term quest
targetAudience fans of Richard Feynman
general readers
readers of humorous nonfiction
tone humorous
lighthearted

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Ralph Leighton coAuthored Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman
Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman hasTitle Tuva or Bust! with Richard Feynman self-link