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Binding
Paperback
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Product Group
Book
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ISBN
9780812971644
Book Title
Travels with a Tangerine : from Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
8 in
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yeoman, Martin, Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Topic
Africa / North, Essays & Travelogues, Middle East / General, Historical, Middle East / Turkey
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Width
5.3 in
Number of Pages
368 Pages

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In 1325, the great Arab traveler Ibn Battutah set out from his native Tangier in North Africa on pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned nearly thirty years later, he had seen most of the known world, covering three times the distance allegedly traveled by the great Venetian explorer Marco Polo--some 75,000 miles in all. Captivated by Ibn Battutah's account of his journey, the Arabic scholar and award-winning travel writer Tim Mackintosh-Smith set out to follow in the peripatetic Moroccan's footsteps. Traversing Egyptian deserts and remote islands in the Arabian Sea, visiting castles in Syria and innumerable souks in medieval Islam's great cities, Mackintosh-Smith sought clues to Ibn Battutah's life and times, encountering the ghost of "IB" in everything from place names (in Tangier alone, a hotel, street, airport, and ferry bear IB's name), to dietary staples to an Arabic online dating service-- and introducing us to a world of unimaginable wonders. By necessity, Mackintosh-Smith's journey may have cut some corners ("I only wish I had the odd thirty years to spare, and Ibn Battutah's enviable knack of extracting large amounts of cash, robes and slaves from compliant rulers.") But in this wry, evocative, and uniquely engaging travelogue, he spares no effort in giving readers an unforgettable glimpse into both the present-day and fourteenth-century Islamic worlds.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0812971647
ISBN-13
9780812971644
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6032240

Product Key Features

Book Title
Travels with a Tangerine : from Morocco to Turkey in the Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Africa / North, Essays & Travelogues, Middle East / General, Historical, Middle East / Turkey
Illustrator
Yeoman, Martin, Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Travel, History
Author
Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"A thoughtful work of an intensely curious scholar who can write better than most novelists." -- The New York Times Book Review "Learned, smartly observant, and very readable . . . An admirable rarity." -- The New Republic "Intoxicating, dazzlingly erudite, yet full of gentle wit and informed by its author's profound knowledge of Muslim society, this book is a breathtaking achievement." -- Sunday Times (London), "A thoughtful work of an intensely curious scholar who can write better than most novelists." - The New York Times Book Review "Learned, smartly observant, and very readable . . . An admirable rarity." - The New Republic "Intoxicating, dazzlingly erudite, yet full of gentle wit and informed by its author's profound knowledge of Muslim society, this book is a breathtaking achievement." - Sunday Times (London), "A thoughtful work of an intensely curious scholar who can write better than most novelists." -The New York Times Book Review "Learned, smartly observant, and very readable . . . An admirable rarity." -The New Republic "Intoxicating, dazzlingly erudite, yet full of gentle wit and informed by its author's profound knowledge of Muslim society, this book is a breathtaking achievement." -Sunday Times(London)
Lccn
2003-069320
LeafCats
378
Dewey Decimal
915.604/53
Lc Classification Number
G490.M295 2004
Copyright Date
2004

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  • Mackintosh-Smith builds a bridge between two cultures

    Though I studied history in college, I know very little about the Islamic world. I bought this book after seeing part of Mackintosh-Smith's television series following in the footsteps of medieval traveler Ibn Battutah. The author explains both the world as it was in Ibn Battutah's time and the world as he experiences it today, in a very readable style, full of asides and anecdotes, and even translations of Arabic poetry! He has lived in Yemen for more than 20 years and is able to use his knowledge of Arabic to converse with the local population in North Africa and the Middle East as he looks for traces of IB, as he refers to his traveler. This is a must-read for persons who are contemplating travel to this part of the world, or for those who wish to broaden their understanding of ...