Author: MAITLAND, ALEXANDER
Title: Wilfred Thesiger : the life of the great explorer
Description: New York. NY : The Overlook Press 2011. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xiii. 528 pages. 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations. maps. portraits ; 24 cm. Summary; Wilfred Thesiger (1910-2003). the last of the great gentlemen explorer-adventurers. journeyed for sixty years to some of the remotest. most dangerous places on earth from the mountains of western Asia to the marshes of Iraq. The author of Arabian Sands. The Marsh Arabs and The Life of my Choice. he was a legend in his own lifetime but his character and motivations have remained an intriguing enigma. In this authorized biography--written with Thesiger's support before he died in 2003 and with unique access to the rich Thesiger archive--Alexander Maitland investigates this fascinating figure's family influences. his wartime experiences. his philosophy as a hunter and conservationist. his writing and photography. his friendships with Arabs and Africans amongst whom he lived. and his now-acknowledged homosexuality.--From publisher description. Subjects; Thesiger. Wilfred. -- 1910-2003. Explorers -- Great Britain -- Biography. Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel.ISBN: 1590201639. Weight in Kg appr.:

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