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Seven wonders of the world.
- Title
- Seven wonders of the world.
- Author
- Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981.
- Publication
- Garden City, N.Y. : Hanover House, [1956]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | G464 .T46 1956 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 413 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Travelogue, incorporating the script of the Cinerama motion picture of the same title.
- Subjects
- Contents
- A tomb, a temple, terraces and trees, a giant, a chryselephantine statue, a lighthouse, monstrosities of stone -- Seeing the world through new eyes -- North Pole flight, the snail called Bill Harris -- Pliny disapproves, Rhodopis the courtesan -- The home of the gods, Pliny farewell -- Roman climax -- Arabia Felix and Aelius Gallus -- King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, hell to pay in the kingdom of coffee -- The marsh dam, the frankincense tree and winged serpents -- The skyscraper cities of the desert -- A lord of volcanoes, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" -- Hannibal's war elephants, The tall people, Timbuktu -- Paradise in the Persian Gulf, sects of Islam -- The puritans of the desert -- The monarch of sand and oil -- Palestine and the wonder story of the world -- Alexander in India -- Naked philosophers, a story of Suttee -- The monkey temple, the cobra dance -- The Taj Mahal -- Clive the hamlet of India -- The tragedy and glory of Mt. Everest, the Darjeeling Railroad -- Lhasa and the Potala, the Great Wall of China -- A lost jungle empire, Fuji Yama, the Kamakura Buddha -- If Columbus had not discovered America, Orellana's Amazon voyage -- Igazu Falls, a slave in Texas, Angel Falls -- Familiar wonders, American technology, Cardena's spectacular discovery, the first romance, the oldest living thing, the assembling of the picture.
- LCCN
- 56009015
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries