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"...[a] beautifully written book about Bedouin life. It reads like ancient stories, even though it is actually a 20th-century travelogue of nomadic life, filled with great respect for the people it describes." -- Patricia J. Wagner
-- Bloomsbury Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Published date: 1998
Size: 4 x 7.75 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Pages: 206
Publisher's Notes
Drawn to the desert by his interest in Arabian horses, Carl Raswan's travels with a tribe of Bedouin nomads--7,000 tents, 35,000 people, and 350,000 camels strong--are rich with adventure. He becomes blood brother to a young chieftain, survives raids, droughts, sandstorms, and more. "This is a really GREAT travel book . . . unwearied zest . . . glows through every day Raswan spends in Arabia".--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.
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