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Through Iran in disguise / Sarah Hobson.
LIBRA - Special DS259 .H57 1982
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hobson, Sarah, 1947-
- Standardized Title:
- Through Persia in disguise
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hobson, Sarah, 1947-.
- Hobson, Sarah.
- Iran--Description and travel.
- Iran.
- Travel.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 189 pages of plates, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- "1st paperback edition ".
- Other Title:
- Masquerade
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Academy Chicago, 1982.
- Summary:
- In 1970, at the age of 19, Sarah Hobson decided to explore Iran. In order to travel safely alone in remote areas, she dressed as a boy. This disguise gave her entree to a world still closed to women.
- Notes:
- Originally published as Masquerade.
- Reprint of the ed. published in 1973 by Murray, London, under title: Through Persia in disguise, which was reprinted by Academy Chicago in 1979 under title: Masquerade.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0897330242
- 9780897330244
- 0897330137
- 9780897330138
- OCLC:
- 9069930
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