The Marsh Arabs - Penguin Classics

During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his time there he pays tribute to the hospitality, loyalty, courage and endurance of the people, describes their impressive reed houses, the waterways and lakes teeming with wildlife, the herding of buffalo and hunting of wild boar, moments of tragedy and moments of pure comedy, all in vivid, engaging detail.Untouched by the modern world until recently, these independent people, their way of life and their surroundings have suffered widespread destruction under the regime of Saddam Hussein. Wilfred Thesiger's magnificent account of his time spent among them is a moving testament to their now threatened culture and the landscape they inhabit.

ISBN:	9780141442082
Publisher:	Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:	Penguin Classics
Published date:	25 Oct 2007
DEWEY:	915.6750442
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	233
Weight:	254g
Height:	197mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	18mm

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