A Winter in Arabia recounts her 1937-8 expedition in what is now Yemen, a journey which helped secure her reputation not only as a great travel writer, but also as a first-rate geographer, historian, and archaeologist. There, in the land whose nakedness
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A Winter in Arabia recounts her 1937-8 expedition in what is now Yemen, a journey which helped secure her reputation not only as a great travel writer, but also as a first-rate geographer, historian, and archaeologist. There, in the land whose nakedness
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Seller's Description:
Good. No Jacket. 328 pages (complete). A gently aging, but rigorously compelling book. This is Stark's account (she had written two earlier volumes of account) of her most extraordinary journey to and through the Hadhramaut in Southern Arabia in 1935. The dustjacket is much worn, torn, scuffed, marked by storage and handling, all about. It is intact and secure. The boards too have wear, sunning, marks from storage. However, they are also comfortable, steady, sure. Within, the frontispage has been removed. This caused some scarring to the front pastedown. The papertrims are foxed. The contents are vigorously thrilling. There are age-related marks, some foxing. But, by and large the contents are clear, clean, convivial, certain, confident, generous, companionable, agreeable. fk.
A wonderful account of Freya Stark's time in Arabia escorting two female scientists. One an archaeologist and the other a geologist.
The map was a bit misleading until I realized it wasn't of her trip but of some one else's, I think.
Now I want to learn all there is to know about Yemen.
