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Thesiger:

A Biography
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Viking, 1994 - Biography & Autobiography - 582 pages

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Great portrait of a true explorer. Read full review

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It is clear that Thesiger was good at tolerating hardship, although not to the same extent as the desert peoples he lived with - as Asher often reminds us, Thesiger had the option of another life(he ... Read full review

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Contents

A Clue to the Perverse Necessity Which
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The Emperors Guest
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One Merely Assumed One Would Be Success
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Copyright

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Thesiger: A Biography
Thesiger: A Biography
Michael Asher
No preview available - 1995

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TitleThesiger: A Biography
AuthorMichael Asher
Editionillustrated
PublisherViking, 1994
Original fromthe University of Virginia
Digitized7 May 2008
ISBN0670837695, 9780670837694
Length582 pages
Subjects › 

Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & Explorers
Biography & Autobiography / General
History / General
  
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