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The Marsh Arabs
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. This book provides an account of his time spent among them. It pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people.
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New to Black Classics for this Classic Travel Book, with a new introduction by Jon Lee Anderson.
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. He 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 Thesiger's 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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The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger is celebrated for its vivid depiction of an expedition and the atmosphere of the Iraqi marshlands. Critics praise it as a richly rewarding experience and uphold its status as a classic in travel writing, akin to the author's other works.
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ISBN: 9780141442082
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 October 2007
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Jon Lee Anderson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 240
About the Author
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (1910-2003) was a British travel writer born in Addis Ababa in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia). Thesiger is best known for two travel books: Arabian Sands (1959) recounts his travels in the Empty Quarter of Arabia between 1945 and 1950 and describes the vanishing way of life of the Bedouins, and The Marsh Arabs (1964), an account of the traditional peoples who lived in the marshlands of southern Iraq. One of America's most respected foreign correspondents, Jon Lee Anderson is a staff writer for the New Yorker. He is the author of The Lion's Grave: Dispatches From Afghanistan (2002) and The Fall of Baghdad (2004 ).
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