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The Marsh Arabs Paperback - 2007
by Wilfred Thesiger; Introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
Detailing the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq--long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein--Thesiger pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage, and endurance of the people, and describes their way of life in vivid, engaging detail.
Summary
During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq-long before they were almost completely wiped out by Saddam Hussein-Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire, and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Traveling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicine and treating the sick. In this account of a nearly lost civilization, he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage, and endurance of the people, and describes their impressive reed houses, the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife, the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar, moments of tragedy, and moments of pure comedy in vivid, engaging detail.
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- Title The Marsh Arabs
- Author Wilfred Thesiger; Introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, England
- Date November 27, 2007
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780141442082 / 0141442085
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.04 x 0.65 in (19.71 x 12.80 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Thesiger, Wilfred, Iraq - Description and travel
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
"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, London
"His voyage through desert waters will remain, like his Arabian Sands, a classic of travel writing."
-The Times, London
-The Observer, London
"His voyage through desert waters will remain, like his Arabian Sands, a classic of travel writing."
-The Times, London
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