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Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
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Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
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Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer.
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Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
Simon & Schuster, c2016.
Call #:
025.82 H224b
Subjects
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
ISBN:
9781476777405 (hc.)
9781476777412 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description:
278 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Map and illustrations on lining papers
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
Summary:
Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
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