| Libyan Sands: Travel in a Dead World Contributor(s): Bagnold, Ralph A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906011338 ISBN-13: 9781906011338 Publisher: Eland Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Africa - North |
| LCCN: 2011453109 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.45" W x 8.44" (0.64 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ralph Bagnold was among a group of eccentric British explorers who in the 1930's explored the deserts of North Africa using Model T Fords. This book describes his journeys into the region known as the Western Desert of Egypt or the Libyan Sahara. He is a central character in the group of explorers who would be later fictionalized in Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. Libyan Sands is an exploration of the Egyptian western desert and the Libyan Sahara on the eve of the Second World War. |