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Encounters in my travels : thoughts along the way / Dixie Lee Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harris, Dixie Lee.
- Series:
- Value inquiry book series ; v. 174.
- Value inquiry book series, 0929-8436 ; 174
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Americans--Foreign countries.
- Americans.
- Women travelers--United States--Biography.
- Women travelers.
- Harris, Dixie Lee--Travel.
- Harris, Dixie Lee.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book details Harris's travels throughout the globe among common people through sixty-seven countries over twelve years. She stayed in a harem, wore a burqa, and slept on a sidewalk through the biggest battle in the Algerian War! Questions evoke critical reading and philosophical thought, and the book includes a bibliography of suggestions for further reading.
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction
- One Police Encounters
- Two Alaska, 1957-1960
- Three Roads Traveled
- Four War!
- Five In the Muslim World
- Six Natural Wonders
- Seven Built Wonders
- Eight Other Encounters
- Nine Epilogue
- For Further Reading
- About the Author
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-132) and index.
- ISBN:
- 94-012-0201-X
- 1-4237-9195-9
- OCLC:
- 70910491
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789401202015 DOI
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