text The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past
- Summary
- The story of how a team of librarians and archivists joined forces to spirit tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts into hiding when al-Qaeda-linked jihadists surged across Mali in 2012, threatening the existence of these precious documents. Re... Read more
- Contents
- Prolog: Enterprise and genius -- Occupation -- A seeker of manuscripts -- A wide but extended blank -- Hell is not far away -- The fourth traveler -- Al-Qaeda to the rescue -- Frogs and rosbifs -- Ismael's list -- Destruction -- The armchair explo... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books 2017
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 966.2 ENG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 966.2 ENG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
Tombouctou (Mali) Discovery and exploration
Tombouctou (Mali) Antiquities
Mali History Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- Destruction and pillage
Manuscripts, Arabic Mali Tombouctou
Libraries Destruction and pillage Mali Tombouctou
Islamic learning and scholarship Mali Tombouctou
Cultural property Protection Mali Tombouctou
Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)
Antiquities
Cultural property Protection
Destruction and pillage
Discoveries in geography
Islamic learning and scholarship
Libraries Destruction and pillage
Manuscripts, Arabic
Mali
Mali Tombouctou
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 966.2 ENG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
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