The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut.
by Freya Stark
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0874772656
- ISBN 13
- 9780874772654
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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Synopsis
Freya Stark, described by The Times of London as "the last of the Romantic Travellers" upon her death in 1993, published during her lifetime more than thirty books about her travels in the Middle East, including The Southern Gates of Arabia . Jane Fletcher Geniesse is a former reporter for The New York Times and the author of the biography Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark , a finalist for the 1999 PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. Her writing has been featured in The Washington Post, New York magazine, and Town & Country . She lives in Washington, D.C.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 56817
- Title
- The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut.
- Author
- Freya Stark
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus (1983), so stated. and First Printing indicat
- ISBN 10
- 0874772656
- ISBN 13
- 9780874772654
- Publisher
- Jeremy P. Tarcher,
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, CA
- Date Published
- 1983.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Asia Travel; Travel & Adventure; Women's Travel;
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