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    Travels in Arabia Deserta / by Charles M. Doughty ; the text as abridged and arranged by Edward Garnett, with a prefatory note by Mr. Garnett, a general introduction by T.E. Lawrence and illustrations by Edy Legrand.

    By: Doughty, Charles Montagu, 1843-1926 [author.]Contributor(s): Legrand, Edy, 1892-1970 [illustrator.] | Garnett, Edward, 1868-1937 [author of preface.] | Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935 [author of introduction.] | Wong, Jeanyee [calligrapher.] | Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.) [publisher.] | Duenewald Printing Corporation [printer.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Heritage Press, ©1953Description: xxi, 453 pages : illustrations, color map ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeOther title: Arabia Deserta | Charles M. Doughty's Travels in Arabia DesertaSubject(s): Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel | Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customs | Manners and customs | Travel | Arabian PeninsulaDDC classification: 915.3/04/4 LOC classification: DS207 | .D73 2013
    Contents:
    The Haj in Damascus -- Cities in Salih -- Land of sepulchres -- Return of the Haj -- Life in the desert -- Life in the village -- The green oasis -- Camps amid the sands -- Peace in the desert -- Jouney to Teyma -- The date harvest -- From Teyma to Hayil -- Evenings with two emirs -- Ibn Rashid's town -- Journey to Kheybar -- Lore of the Medina -- Journey over the Harra -- Tension in Hayil -- Burial of the books -- El-Kasim and Boreyda -- Entry into Aneyza -- Exile and recall -- Flight of the Kahatin -- On the road of Mecca -- Journey by night.
    Summary: Illustrated by Edy Legrand. The text as abridged and arranged by Edward Garnett, with a prefatory note by M. Garnett, and a general introduction by T. E. Lawrence. The special content of this edition were copyrighted in 1953 by the George Macy Company. TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA has been recognized, almost since its publication in 1888, as one of the greatest travel books in the English language. Doughty spent almost two years traveling, going on pilgrimages, and living with various nomad tribes in northwestern Arabia, then a land almost completely unknown to Europeans and Americans. His account is a thoroughly realized document, a comprehensive understanding and treatment of every aspect of the life of the nomadic Arabs.
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    The Haj in Damascus -- Cities in Salih -- Land of sepulchres -- Return of the Haj -- Life in the desert -- Life in the village -- The green oasis -- Camps amid the sands -- Peace in the desert -- Jouney to Teyma -- The date harvest -- From Teyma to Hayil -- Evenings with two emirs -- Ibn Rashid's town -- Journey to Kheybar -- Lore of the Medina -- Journey over the Harra -- Tension in Hayil -- Burial of the books -- El-Kasim and Boreyda -- Entry into Aneyza -- Exile and recall -- Flight of the Kahatin -- On the road of Mecca -- Journey by night.

    Illustrated by Edy Legrand. The text as abridged and arranged by Edward Garnett, with a prefatory note by M. Garnett, and a general introduction by T. E. Lawrence. The special content of this edition were copyrighted in 1953 by the George Macy Company. TRAVELS IN ARABIA DESERTA has been recognized, almost since its publication in 1888, as one of the greatest travel books in the English language. Doughty spent almost two years traveling, going on pilgrimages, and living with various nomad tribes in northwestern Arabia, then a land almost completely unknown to Europeans and Americans. His account is a thoroughly realized document, a comprehensive understanding and treatment of every aspect of the life of the nomadic Arabs.

    Printed by the Duenewald Printing Corporation; map and caligraphy by Jeanyee Wong.

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