shelton and his family returned to the us in 1920. he was now a famous man, touted by the fcms as a hero for his travels and his exploits in a war torn land. national geographic magazine published an article by him, "life among the people of eastern tibet," in 1921 and his book "pioneering in tibet" was published in the same year. he had continued collecting tibetan art and artifacts and sold them and his photographs to the newark museum for more than $4,000—about triple the average yearly salary of a minister in the united states. the museum held a special exhibition of his tibetan items. he had dinner with john d. rockefeller and sold his wife some tibetan jewelry.