Most comment on The Gobi Desert disregards the question of its authorship in favour of discussing the three women's extraordinary lives together.
The confusion between the three is so great that the entry for MC
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Mildred Cable
With her ever-present collaborator Francesca French
, MC
also wrote books that were used by the Bible Society
as instructional handbooks for new missionaries, including Ambassadors for Christ, 1935, and Towards Spiritual Maturity...
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Mildred Cable
Through Jade Gate and Central Asia, the second collaborative effort between MC
and Francesca French
, was published while they were on leave in England.
Cable, Mildred, and Francesca French. Through Jade Gate and Central Asia. Constable, 1927.
prelims
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Mildred Cable
MC
and Francesca French
published their most popular travel book, The Gobi Desert.
Warner, Marina et al. “Introduction”. The Gobi Desert, Beacon Press, 1987, p. xi - xxi.
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Mildred Cable
MC
and Francesca French
published their last travel book, Journey with a Purpose, which documents their travels with Eva
in Australia, New Zealand, and India.