Tibetan Foothold

Tibetan Foothold is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy. It was first published by John Murray in 1966.

Summary
After her journey by bicycle from Ireland to India in 1963, as described in Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, Murphy immerses herself in the life of the subcontinent. She works for six months in an orphanage for Tibetan children in Northern India, falling in love with the "Tiblets": the children of the new Tibet-in-exile. Murphy also explores India's Tibetan frontier.

Editions

 * 1966: John Murray, 206pp.
 * 1969: Pan Books, 222pp, ISBN 033002339X.
 * 2000: Flamingo, 230pp, ISBN 0006552137.
 * 2011: Eland Books, 224pp, ISBN 9781906011642.