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Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Release : 2017
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Book Synopsis Arabian Sands by : Wilfred Thesiger
Download or read book Arabian Sands written by Wilfred Thesiger. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Asher
Release : 1994
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Thesiger by : Michael Asher
Download or read book Thesiger written by Michael Asher. This book was released on 1994. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1979, the author of this work read Arabian Sands by W. Thesiger, which had an impact on his life and made him become a desert explorer. In tribute to Thesiger, he has written this biography of Thesigers motivations and achievements. A man of great paradoxes and contradictions, Thesiger revered traditional peoples, but retained at the same time a profound pride in his own race and background. He felt most intensely alive when living on the same level as his tribal companions, yet rejoiced in his ability to return to the civilized world. also follows in Thesinger's footsteps, interviewing many of his former travelling companions and throwing new light on the celebrated Arabian expeditions.
Author : Alexander Maitland
Release : 2010-06-24
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer by : Alexander Maitland
Download or read book Wilfred Thesiger: The Life of the Great Explorer written by Alexander Maitland. This book was released on 2010-06-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, became a legend in his own lifetime. This authorised biography by a longstanding friend and associate delves into his little-known character and motivations, as well as recounting the details of his extraordinary life.
Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Release : 1999
Genre : Arabian Peninsula
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Book Rating : 286/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Crossing the Sands by : Wilfred Thesiger
Download or read book Crossing the Sands written by Wilfred Thesiger. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wifred Thesiger describes his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninula during the late forties. At that time few Europeans travelled in those areas and occasionally their presence was not welcome. From these journeys he emerged with a great respect for the Bedu who were his travelling companions. His writing style is masterly as he describes his journeys in a plain language which is at the same time eloquent. He shows a great understanding of and a fondness for the Bedu people and their now vanished way of life. Theiseger is also a photographer of exceptional ability and this volume contains a large number of the photographs he took on his expeditions. These and the text create a stunning picture of the land and its peoples. The author is considered the last of the great explorers and this book is an exquisite record charting his memorable adventures with travelling companions bin Kabina and bin Ghabaisha across the Arabian Empty Quarter. He was a skilled photographer and was unique among travel writers of the past in having had the opportunity to take photographs that complement his formidable writing.
Author : Alexander Maitland
Release : 2011-10-27
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Wilfred Thesiger by : Alexander Maitland
Download or read book Wilfred Thesiger written by Alexander Maitland. This book was released on 2011-10-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A perceptive and gripping biography” of the enigmatic British explorer, photographer, and author of Arabian Sands (Daily Mail, UK). Wilfred Thesiger, the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers, journeyed for sixty years to some of the remotest, most dangerous places on earth, from the mountains of western Asia to the marshes of Iraq. The author of Arabian Sands, The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice, he was a legend in his own lifetime. Yet his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography—written with Thesiger’s support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive—Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure’s family influences, his wartime experiences, his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist, his writing and photography, his friendships with Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived, and his now-acknowledged homosexuality.
