A Woman in the Sahara / / Helen Gordon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gordon, Helen,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (404 p.) :; 20
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS --; GLOSSARY --; PART I. ON A PLATEAU --; I. THE PLACE OF HAPPINESS --; II. THE DIFFA --; III. EL OUED --; IV. THE GREAT FEASTS --; V. A " NUMERO " --; VI. THE SORCERESS --; VII. EL HAMEL: THE "LOST TOWN" --; VIII. FANTASIA --; IX. AN INFALLIBLE CURE --; X. HAFSA --; XI. THE RITES FOR RAIN --; XII. NAILIA --; PART II. IN THE M'ZAB --; XIII. THE CARAVAN ROUTE TO THE M'ZAB --; XIV. THE ELECT OF ALLAH --; XV. THE INTERPRETER --; XVI. THE SACRED CITY OF THE ABADIA --; PART III. AMONGST MOUNTAINS --; XVII. THE MAGICIAN --; XVIII. THE IRON MINES OF THE WESTERN ZACCAR --; XIX. THE WIFE OF MAHOMED AZZIZI --; XX. THE COMING OF THE BRIDE --; XXI. THE GREAT FAST --; XXII. A FÊTE OF RAMADHANE --; XXIII. MEKTOUH REBBI --; XXIV. ESSENCE OF ROSES --; PART IV. IN CONSTANTINE --; XXV. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF ROME --; XXVI.THE ENCHANTED PALACE OF HADJ AHMED --; XXVII. MEMORIES OF SALAH BEY --; XXVIII. THE DARWISHES --; XXIX. A STROLL AND A MORNING CALL --; XXX. THE GATE OF THE DESERT --; XXXI. VILLAGES OF THE SOUTH --; XXXII. DAWN AND SUNSET --; XXXIII. THE STORY OF SI MAHMOUD SAADI; A CHILD OF MISFORTUNE --; LIST OF BOOKS CONSULTED --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463208691; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463208691
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Helen Gordon.

This is a fascinating travel journey through the Sahara that began in 1912, by one of the most well- traveled women of the early twentieth century. Gordon paints the picture of the Sahara and its inhabitants through the eyes of a woman.