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BOOK
Thesiger's return
1992
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Overview
\"Thesiger's Return\" is a poignant historical and biographical account of Sir Wilfred Thesiger’s final visits to the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the 1990s. Authored by Peter Clark, a former director of the British Council, the book documents the homecoming of the legendary explorer—known to the Bedu as Mubarak bin London—to the lands he famously crossed by camel in the 1940s. The work serves as a powerful juxtaposition between the \"Empty Quarter\" of the past and the modern, oil-wealthy states of the present, capturing Thesiger's reflections on the rapid disappearance of the traditional nomadic life he once championed.
Publisher
Motivate Publishing
Subject
ISBN
1873544367, 9781873544365
Item info:
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item total in all locations
| Call Number | Copies | Material | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| DS 36.65 .C53 1992 | 1 | BOOK | EMIRATES |
