Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/04/2008
Salt was once worth its weight in gold, and treks to mine salt slabs from the heart of the Sahara desert are still made as they were throughout centuries--on a caravan of camels. American writer Benanav was compelled to join the Caravan of White Gold and traveled with nomads, eating meals of sand-covered goat entrails, drinking rancid water, getting lost for a day or two at a time, and enduring blistering heat and freezing nights in the open air.Along the way, he wrote fascinating stories about the perilous life of a camel, the family values of a real nomad, the treating of injured miners in a desert, and the cultural differences of labor and money. This is a well-reviewed travel narrative unlike any other, and it is accompanied by stunning full-color photographs. It will appeal to readers of Stiff, Salt, and fans of Jonathan Raban and Bill Bryson.
- ISBN:
- 9781599211640
- 9781599211640
- Category:
- True stories of heroism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 15-04-2008
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Globe Pequot Press, The
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 228.6x152.4x16mm
- Weight:
- 0.02kg
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