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Hussein : an entertainment
- Title
- Hussein : an entertainment / Patrick O'Brian.
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000.
- Publication
- New York : b Norton, 1999, ©1938.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR6029.B55 H87 1999g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- v, 239; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Hussein is a story about a young mahout - or elephant handler - with his childhood and life in India, his relationship and adventures with elephants all rendered in rich detail. As a boy, Hussein falls in love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse. The dead man's relatives vow vengeance.
- Hussein escapes and his adventures begin: snake-charming, sword-fighting, spying, stealing a fortune, and returning triumphantly to claim his bride. All of this is set against an evocatively exotic India, full of bazaars, temples, and beautiful women."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Adventure fiction.
- ISBN
- 0393049191 :
- OCLC
- ocm43783980
- SCSB-3870248
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries