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The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
by Stewart, Rory
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151012350
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012350
- Seller
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp.
Synopsis
In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah, provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. He spent the next eleven months negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure for a population of millions teetering on the brink of civil war. The Prince of the Marshes tells the story of Stewart's year. As a participant he takes us inside the occupation and beyond the Green Zone, introducing us to a colorful cast of Iraqis and revealing the complexity and fragility of a society we struggle to understand. By turns funny and harrowing, moving and incisive, it amounts to a unique portrait of heroism and the tragedy that intervention inevitably courts in the modern age.
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- Bookseller
- Wonder Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M12A-01736
- Title
- The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraq
- Author
- Stewart, Rory
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151012350
- ISBN 13
- 9780151012350
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Orlando, Fl
- This edition first published
- July 26, 2006
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About the Seller
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Frederick, Maryland
About Wonder Book
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
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