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Atkins, William (Editor) -- Travel.
Voyages and travels.
Deserts.
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Atkins, William (Editor)
Atkins, William (Editor) -- Travel.
Voyages and travels.
Deserts.
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The immeasurable world : journeys in desert places /
William
Atkins
.
by
Atkins
,
William
(
Editor
)
Signal, 2018.
Call #:
910.4 A874i
Subjects
Atkins
,
William
(
Editor
)
--
Travel
.
Voyages and travels.
Deserts.
ISBN:
9780771007699 (hc.)
Description:
368 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"In the classic literary tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Geoff Dyer, and for readers of Ryszard Kapuscinski and Rory Stewart, a rich and exquisitely written account of travels in six deserts on five continents that evoke the timeless allure of these remote and forbidding places and their inhabitants. One-sixth of the earth's surface is classified as desert. Restless, unhappy in love, and intrigued by the Desert Fathers who forged Christian monasticism in the Egyptian desert,
William
Atkins
decided to
travel
to six of the world's driest, hottest places: the Empty Quarter of Oman, the Gobi Desert of North China, the Great Victoria Desert of Australia, the man made desert of the Aral Sea in Kazhakstan, the Black Rock and Sonoran deserts of the American Southwest, and the Sinai Desert of Egypt. Each of his
travel
narratives effortlessly weaves aspects of natural history, historical background, and present-day reportage into a compelling tapestry that reveals the human appeal of these often inhuman landscapes."--From publisher.
Genre:
Travel
writing.
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Dartmouth North Public Library
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