Winters in Algeria / / Frederick Arthur Bridgman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Bridgman, Frederick Arthur,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Kiraz Historic Travels Archive
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 62

In the 1870s, American painter Frederick Bridgman traveled from his home in Paris to Algiers. Although he traveled to paint, his journeys so impressed him that he produced a written account that appeared in “Harpers Monthly.” That account became the basis of this book. His travelogue describes the people and customs, the layout of the towns, the celebration of the Muslim religion, the black community in an Islamic context, and the legends of the people of historic Algeria.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. THE " WHITE DOVE " -- II. THE STRANGERS' QUARTER -- III. POPULAR ALGIERS -- IV. THE PEOPLE -- V. COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS -- VI. NEIGHBORS -- VII. THE STREETS -- VIII. INCIDENTAL CHARACTERIZATION -- IX. WHERE I PITCHED MY EASEL -- X . THE MOSQUES -- XI. MOSLEM SHRINES AND LAW COURTS -- XII. A FESTIVAL -- XIII. THE NEGRO COMMUNITY -- XIV. TO LA TRAPPE -- XV. IN THE BATHS -- XVI. A TRIP TO TLEMÇEN -- XVIII. WANDERINGS IN THE TOWN -- XIX. ABOUT THE CHILDREN -- XX. BOU-MEDINE -- XXI. MILOUD -- XXII. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES -- XXIII. THE LEGEND OF AIN-EL-HOUTZ -- XXIV. RETURN AND FAREWELL TO ALGIERS -- XXV. INTO KABYLIA -- XXVI. TO AND FROM TUNIS -- XXVII. FROM BONA TO CONSTANTINE -- XXVIII. ON THE WAY TO BISKRA -- XXIX. ARRIVAL AT BISKRA -- XXX. DUELS -- XXXI. IN THE VILLAGES AROUND BISKRA -- XXXII. A SIROCCO -- XXXIII. SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE SAHARA -- XXXIV. AN IMPORTANT OASIS -- XXXV. EXCURSION INTO THE DESERT -- XXXVI. TOLGA AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGES -- XXXVII. EXPERIENCE IN A SAND-STORM