Arabian Sands

(Reissue)

Hardback (20 Nov 2000)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Wilfred Thesiger charts the time he spent living with the Bedu, including his legendary traverses of the Empty Quarter.

Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, a legendary figure renowned for his travels though some of the most inaccessible places on earth. Arabian Sands was his widely acclaimed first book and is recognized as one of the great travel classics.

His evocative prose and stunning photographs capture the spirit of the proud tribespeople who became his friends and the harsh landscape he inhabited with them in a way very few westeners have.

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HarperCollinsPublishers

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Book information

ISBN: 9780002170055
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub date:
Edition: (Reissue)
DEWEY: 915.30452
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 338
Weight: 795g
Height: 242mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 37mm