Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert (Vintage

Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert (Vintage Departures)

It is as vast as the United States and so arid that most bacteria cannot survive there. Its loneliness is so extreme it is said that migratory birds will land beside travelers, just for the company. William Langewiesche came to the Sahara to see it as its inhabitants do, riding its public transport, braving its natural and human dangers, depending on its sparse sustenance and suspect hospitality. From his journey, which took him across the desertâ€™s hyperarid core from Algiers to Dakar, he has crafted a contemporary classic of travel writing.
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In a narrative studded with gemlike discourses on subjects that range from the physics of sand dunes to the history of the Tuareg nomads, Langewiesche introduces us to the Saharaâ€™s merchants, smugglers, fixers, and expatriates. Eloquent and precise, Sahara Unveiled blends history and reportage, anthropology and anecdote, into an unforgettable portrait of the worldâ€™s most romanticized yet most forbidding desert.
Country USA
Brand Vintage
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0679750061_used
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1997-06-24
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780679750062

Country	USA
Brand	Vintage
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0679750061_used
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1997-06-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780679750062

Sahara Unveiled: A Journey Across the Desert (Vintage Departures)