A winter in Arabia : a journey through Yemen / Freya Stark.

By: Stark, FreyaMaterial type: TextTextSeries: The Freya Stark collectionPublisher: London ; New York : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010Description: x, 315 p. : map ; 20 cmISBN: 9781848851924 (pbk.); 1848851928 (pbk.)Subject(s): Stark, Freya -- Travel -- Yemen (Republic) -- Ḥaḍramawt (Province) | Stark, Freya -- Travel | Yemen (Republic) -- Description and travel | Women travelers -- Yemen (Republic)DDC classification: 915.330453 LOC classification: DS247.H3 | S85 2010
Contents:
From the air -- Mukalla revisited -- Transport and the cook -- The towns of Kathiri -- The journey begins -- Wadi 'Amd -- Sickness in 'Amd -- Robin -- The high Jōl -- The drawings of Rahbe -- Across the watershed -- Arrival in 'Azzan -- Naqb al Hajr -- Jebel Kadur -- The sultan's caravan -- The site of Cana -- A dhow to Aden.
Summary: Freya Stark shares details about her travels in Arabia during the 1930s, and offers information about the culture and customs of the region.
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Includes index.

"First published in 1972 by John Murray (Publishers) Limited"--T.p. verso.

From the air -- Mukalla revisited -- Transport and the cook -- The towns of Kathiri -- The journey begins -- Wadi 'Amd -- Sickness in 'Amd -- Robin -- The high Jōl -- The drawings of Rahbe -- Across the watershed -- Arrival in 'Azzan -- Naqb al Hajr -- Jebel Kadur -- The sultan's caravan -- The site of Cana -- A dhow to Aden.

Freya Stark shares details about her travels in Arabia during the 1930s, and offers information about the culture and customs of the region.

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