Arabian sands / Wilfred Thesiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-2003.

Series:

Penguin classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-2003--Homes and haunts--Arabian Peninsula.

Thesiger, Wilfred.

Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-2003.

Arabian Peninsula.

Bedouins.

Arabian Peninsula--Description and travel.

Physical Description:

xvii, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.

Edition:

New edition / with an introduction by Rory Stewart.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Penguin, 2007.

Summary:

"Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesigers record of his extraordinary journey through the parched Empty Quarter of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western lifethe machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets. In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.

Contents:

Introduction / Rory Stewart

List of maps

Preface

Preface to the 1991 reprint

Foreword

Prologue

1. Abyssinia and the Sudan

2. Prelude in Dhaufar

3. The sands of Ghanim

4. Secret preparations at Salala

5. The approach to the empty quarter

6. On the edge of the empty quarter

7. The first crossing of the empty quarter

8. Return to Salala

9. From Salala to Mukalla

10. Preparations for a second crossing

11. The second crossing of the empty quarter

12. From Sulaiyil to Abu Dhabi

13. The Trucial coast

14. A holiday in Buraimi

15. The quicksands of Umm al Samim

16. The Wahiba sands

17. The closing door

Arabic and botanical names of plants mentioned in the book

A list of the chief characters on the various journeys

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780141442075

0141442077

OCLC:

141379770