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Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
Wilfred Thesiger
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Description for Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
Paperback. Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 226.
Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively at intervals, over the years, among mountains and mountain people in other remote areas of the Middle East and Asia. In 1987 Thesiger wrote: `I have always been attracted by mountains...' And he ... Read more
Wilfred Thesiger, this century's greatest living explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although Wilfred Thesiger is still largely associated with the Arabian deserts and the Marshes of Iraq, he has also travelled extensively at intervals, over the years, among mountains and mountain people in other remote areas of the Middle East and Asia. In 1987 Thesiger wrote: `I have always been attracted by mountains...' And he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780006551003
SKU
V9780006551003
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-34
About Wilfred Thesiger
Wilfred Thesiger was born in 1910 in Ethiopia. From 1930 Thesiger travelled through remote areas of Africa, the Middle East and Asia. His journeys and his books have won him numerous prestigious awards over the years. In 1968 he was made a CBE; he was honoured with a KBE in 1995.
Reviews for Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
Praise for The Danakil Diary: `...a revelation. The diaries get us as close as we can now come to the camp fire around which Thesiger told his best stories' Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times ... Read more