The Resource The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger ; with an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger ; with an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
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- Summary
- "Between 1951 and 1958 Wilfred Thesiger spent several months of each year living among the tribal Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq. As he travelled from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick and soon came to understand and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. This account of his experiences describes a people who until recently were untouched by the modern world, living completely water-dominated lives: fishing with spears, drinking water-buffalo milk, building islands and intricate stilt houses from the gigantic reeds. The Marsh Arabs pays tribute to their hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance and is a moving testament to their threatened culture." "This edition includes an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson discussing Thesiger's views of the places and people he visited, Saddam Hussein's destruction of the marshlands and the possibilities for their restoration."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 233 p., [48] p. of plates
- Note
-
- Originally published: London : Longmans, 1964
- Includes index
- Isbn
- 9780141442082
- Label
- The Marsh Arabs
- Title
- The Marsh Arabs
- Statement of responsibility
- Wilfred Thesiger ; with an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Between 1951 and 1958 Wilfred Thesiger spent several months of each year living among the tribal Marsh Arabs of Southern Iraq. As he travelled from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick and soon came to understand and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. This account of his experiences describes a people who until recently were untouched by the modern world, living completely water-dominated lives: fishing with spears, drinking water-buffalo milk, building islands and intricate stilt houses from the gigantic reeds. The Marsh Arabs pays tribute to their hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance and is a moving testament to their threatened culture." "This edition includes an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson discussing Thesiger's views of the places and people he visited, Saddam Hussein's destruction of the marshlands and the possibilities for their restoration."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1910-2003
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Thesiger, Wilfred
- Dewey number
- 915.675044
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS70.7
- LC item number
- .T45 2007
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Series statement
- Penguin classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Thesiger, Wilfred
- Iraq
- Tigris River Valley
- Euphrates River Valley
- Label
- The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger ; with an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
- Note
-
- Originally published: London : Longmans, 1964
- Includes index
- Control code
- ocn141379777
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 233 p., [48] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780141442082
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)141379777
- Label
- The Marsh Arabs, Wilfred Thesiger ; with an introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
- Note
-
- Originally published: London : Longmans, 1964
- Includes index
- Control code
- ocn141379777
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 233 p., [48] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780141442082
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)141379777
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