Glory In A Camel's Eye - Trekking Through the Moroccan Sahara

Informationen zum Autor JEFFREY TAYLER is a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and a contributor to Condé Nast Traveler, Harper’s Magazine, and National Geographic. He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Facing the Congo, Angry Wind, and River of No Reprieve. Klappentext Marvelously entertaining and frequently harrowing, Glory in a Camel's Eye recounts the American travel writer Jeffrey Tayler's dangerous three-month journey across the Moroccan Sahara in the company of Arab nomads. Glory in a Camel's Eye gives us an intimate, often surprising portrait of Saharan Africa: the cultural conflicts between native Berbers and Arabs, the clashes between devout desert-dwelling nomads and their city-dwelling counterparts. Fluent in Arabic, Tayler assembles an image of modern life very much at odds with our Western assumptions. He observes and reports "with eloquence and an eye for the improbable" (Outside).

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Tayler
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2005
• EAN: 9780618492220
• ISBN: 978-0-618-49222-0
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > Africa; Travel guides: holidays with children / family holidays, West Africa, Travel guides: adventure holidays, Domestic animals and pets, Travel and holiday, Travel and holiday guides, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Shopping guides, Arid zones, deserts, Travel guides: budget travel, HISTORY: WORLD, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Adventure, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Literary, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Family, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Shopping, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Pets, TRAVEL: Africa / General, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Ecotourism, NATURE: Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts, Travel guides: eco-tourism / ‘green’ tourism, TRAVEL: Special Interest / Budget