The Marsh Arabs
$26.89
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
14 January 2008
Summary
The Marsh Arabs: A Lost World
During his time among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger immersed himself in their ancient way of life. Traveling by canoe and offering medical aid, he earned their trust and respect.
This book is a tribute to the Marsh Arabs’ hospitality, loyalty, courage, and endurance. Thesiger vividly describes their impressive reed houses, the wildlife-rich waterways, buffalo herding, and wild boar hunts, capturing moments of both tragedy an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141442082 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141442085 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Wilfred Thesiger, Jon Lee Anderson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 14 January 2008 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 16mm |
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Critics Review
It is one thing to tell the story of an expedition … it is quite another to convey the atmosphere… . This is a richly rewarding book.
“It is one thing to tell the story of an expedition … it is quite another to convey the atmosphere… . This is a richly rewarding book.” —The Observer “His voyage through desert waters will remain, like his Arabian Sands, a classic of travel writing.” —The Times (London)
About The Author
Wilfred Thesiger
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003) was a British travel writer born in Addis Ababa in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Thesiger is best known for two travel books- Arabian Sands (1959) recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950 and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), an account of the traditional peoples who lived in the marshlands of southern Iraq.
Jon Lee Anderson is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He is the author of The Lion’s Grave- Dispatches From Afghanistan (2002) and The Fall of Baghdad (2004 ).
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