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Seen in the Hadhramaut

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Description: Stark published this collection of her photographs in 1939. She intended the book for the popular reader to admire the sights and people of the historical region Hadhramaut, now in modern Yemen. The book contains black-and-white photographs of good quality, generally full page, with Stark's commentary on the opposite page.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1938]
Call number: 626176
Creator: Stark, Freya(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 25 cm
Associated people: Metcalf, Edwards H.

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The valleys of the Assassins and other Persian travels

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"Inspired by the tales of adventure in Arabian Nights, worldwide explorer Freya Stark set off for the Northwest coast of Syria in 1927. She was a woman alone in a country where few men dared to venture, in a culture governed by seldom-kept laws. By camel, horse, foot, and caravan, she crossed Iraq's desert, impassable mountain ranges, and the colorful cities of Baghdad, Larti, and Teheran to her final destination: the Throne of Solomon. Accompanied by the opium-entranced Keram Khan, one-eyed Alidad, quiltmaker Shah Riza, and the sullen Hajji, she sought out ancient castles, a buried treasure, and prehistoric graves in the Valleys of the Assassins, the hidden home of a Persian sect of murderers. Along the way, she befriended the philosophers, shahs, robbers, child-brides, and holy men who populate the countryside. Originally published in 1936, The Valley of the Assassins is a remarkable travel odyssey. This is its first American publication"--back cover.

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The Minaret of Djam : an excursion in Afghanistan

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The author recalls the people and scenery of her journey from Kabul, through Afghanistan to Herat and Kandahar.

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Mrs. F.B. Butler scrapbook

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Book is deteriorating and made of pregummed paper. Pages are very fragile. Interior reads "Mrs. F.B. Butler (Aunt Carrie Lill Tobey's sister)," opposite page is signed "Frank Butler." Includes folder of loose materials from scrapbook.

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Little journeys to the homes of the great : guide book

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A guide directing the reader to the 14 volumes of Hubbard's "Little journeys to the homes of the great." Each of the 170 lives which make up Little journeys is outlined in one page of the guide-book and grouped into one of the appropriate seven general branches of human knowledge.

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