Marsh Arabs

English

ISBN: 0141442085

EAN: 9780141442082

Category: Nature / Rivers/Travel / Middle East / General/Social Science / Customs & Traditions/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 02/19/2008

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his time there he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people, 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, all in vivid, engaging detail. Untouched by the modern world until recently, these independent people, their way of life and their surroundings have suffered widespread destruction under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Wilfred Thesigers magnificent account of his time spent among them is a moving testament to their now threatened culture and the landscape they inhabit.

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Marsh Arabs

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.66 inches

Width: 5.12 inches

Length: 7.81 inches

Weight: 8.99 oz

Pages: 256