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

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.

Table of Contents

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