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Travels in Arabia Deserta: Selected Passages
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Author/Editor: Charles M. Doughty
ISBN 10:0486431584
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This excellent selection is ideally suited to a wide audience of general readers. Written after the author had spent two years wandering among the Bedouin nomads, the remarkable book describes Doughty's attempt to reach Mecca, his endurance of extraordinary hardships, and his first-hand observations ...  read more
 


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This excellent selection is ideally suited to a wide audience of general readers. Written after the author had spent two years wandering among the Bedouin nomads, the remarkable book describes Doughty's attempt to reach Mecca, his endurance of extraordinary hardships, and his first-hand observations of Arab life and culture in the 1870s.
Unabridged republication of Passages from Arabia Deserta, published by Horace Liveright, Inc., New York, 1931.
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ISBN 10: 0486431584
ISBN 13: 9780486431581
Author/Editor: Charles M. Doughty
Format: Book
Page Count: 320
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: October 2003

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