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A winter in Arabia : a journey through Yemen / Freya Stark.

Title
A winter in Arabia : a journey through Yemen / Freya Stark.
Author
Stark, Freya
Publication
London : Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2010.

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Description
x, 315 p. : map; 20 cm.
Summary
Freya Stark shares details about her travels in Arabia during the 1930s, and offers information about the culture and customs of the region.
Series Statement
The Freya Stark collection
Subject
  • Stark, Freya > Travel > Yemen (Republic) > Ḥaḍramawt (Province)
  • Women travelers > Yemen (Republic)
  • Ḥaḍramawt (Province) > Description and travel
  • Yemen (Republic) > Description and travel
Genre/Form
Autobiographies
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "First published in 1972 by John Murray (Publishers) Limited" --t.p. verso.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
From the air -- Mukalla revisited -- Transport and the cook -- The towns of Kathiri -- The journey begins -- Wadi 'Amd -- Sickness in 'Amd -- Robin -- The high Jōl -- The drawings of Rahbe -- Across the watershed -- Arrival in 'Azzan -- Naqb al Hajr -- Jebel Kadur -- The sultan's caravan -- The site of Cana -- A dhow to Aden.
ISBN
  • 9781848851924 (pbk.)
  • 1848851928 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 467774884
  • SCSB-11327126
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library