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Walking Israel : a personal search for the soul of a nation / Martin Fletcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fletcher, Martin, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fletcher, Martin, 1947---Travel--Israel.
- Fletcher, Martin.
- Fletcher, Martin, 1947-.
- Travel.
- Israel--Description and travel.
- Israel.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- Physical Description:
- 305 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- A fascinating travelogue and a uniquely personal memoir. Fletcher embarked on a personal quest to walk the entire coast of Israel, and soon discovered that there was much more going on under the surface than he ever imagined.
- Contents:
- Introduction: What a country
- In the beginning
- The bride of Galilee: Lebanon border to Achziv
- Revenge of the Jews: Achziv to Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaʹot
- Four faces of the truth: Lohamei Haghetaʹot to Acre
- The cream Arabs of Haifa: Acre to Haifa
- Remaking Utopia: Haifa to Beit Oren
- The call to arms: Beit Oren to Herzliya
- The off-white city: Herzliya to Tel Aviv
- We're all in this together: Tel Aviv to Ashkelon
- Journey's end: Ashkelon to Gaza.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
- National Jewish Book Awards - Contemporary Jewish Life and Practice, Winner, 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780312534813
- 0312534817
- OCLC:
- 555656422
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