The Marsh Arabs
The Marsh Arabs
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First published in 1964, this book by one of the century's greatest explorers describes a way of life which lasted for thousands of years. He evokes the landscape and its teeming wildlife and brings to life the many friends he made among the Marsh Arabs. His photographs provide a record of the last remnants of a people and their culture.
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The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Thesiger's classic account of the eight years he spent living with the tribes people of the Marshes of Iraq. First published in 1964 to great acclaim, this book by one of the century's greatest explorers describes a way of life which lasted for thousands of years, but has now all but vanished. Travelling with his medicine boxes and his teams of canoemen around the junction between the Tigris and the Euphrates, Thesiger visited nearly every village in the Central Marshes and came to know intimately the people who inhabit this landscape of islands, lakes and waterways, living with them in their reed houses and sharing their unique way of life. He beautifully evokes the landscape and its teeming wildlife and vividly brings to life the many friends he made among the Marsh Arabs. His extraordinary photographs provide a stunning record of the last remnants of a people and their culture.
Praise for The Marsh Arabs: 'A masterpiece' HD. Ziman, Daily Telegraph 'Here is the fascination of a stange land and the power to convey it.' The Times Praise for Among the Mountains: 'A matchless portrait of a vanished world' Daily Telegraph 'Here is true grandeur in the landscape and true dignity in the man' Scotsman 'The photographs alone make it worth a place on the traveller's bookshelf' Wanderlust
Wilfred Thesiger was born in 1910 in Ethiopia. From 1930 he travelled through remote areas of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. His journeys and his books have won him numerous prestigious awards over the years. In 1968 he was made a CBE; he was honoured with a KBE in 1995.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780002170680 |
| ISBN 10 | 000217068X |
| Titre | The Marsh Arabs |
| Auteur | Wilfred Thesiger |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Année de publication | 2000-10-16 |
| Nombre de pages | 240 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |