Gavin Maxwell: A Reed Shaken by the Wind

Cover: 9780907871934 | A Reed Shaken by the Wind | Travels Among the Marsh Arabs of Iraq

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Beschreibung

This 1967 title is a portrait of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. Maxwell presents his impressions of these secluded people, along with numerous photos. Although intended as a travel book, this make more of a historical or sociological study now, given the...turmoil in Iraq.--Library Journal.

Über den Autor

Gavin Maxwell was born in the south-west of Scotland and was educated at a succession of schools before taking a degree in Estate Management at Oxford. He served with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, after which he bought the island of Soay. As well as his famous otter books - Ring of Bright Water and The Rocks Remain - he also wrote the critically acclaimed People of the Reeds, an account of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq. He died in 1969.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Reiseberichte
Region:	Welt gesamt, Pole
Rubrik:	Reisen
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780907871934
ISBN-10:	0907871933
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Maxwell, Gavin
Auflage:	Revised edition
Hersteller:	Eland Publishing
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	214 x 138 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Gavin Maxwell
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.10.2004
Gewicht:	0,345 kg