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The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past, Charlie English
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- 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. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable. --
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- 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 explorer
- The headless horseman
- The pope of Timbuktu
- Secret agents
- Liberation
- Lives of the scholars
- The terrible twosome
- King Leopold's paperweight
- Auto-da-fé
- Chronicle of the seeker
- An Indiana Jones moment in real life!
- Manuscript fever
- The myth factory
- Epilog
- Isbn
- 9781594634284
- Label
- The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past
- Title
- The storied city
- Title remainder
- the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past
- Statement of responsibility
- Charlie English
- Subject
-
- Cultural property -- Protection
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Destruction and pillage
- Discoveries in geography
- History
- Islamic learning and scholarship
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali | Tombouctou
- 2012
- Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage
- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Antiquities
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Discovery and exploration
- Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)
- Mali
- Antiquities
- Language
- eng
- 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. Relying on extensive research and firsthand reporting, Charlie English expertly twines a fraught and fascinating account of one of the planet's extraordinary places, and the myths from which it has become inseparable. --
- Assigning source
- from dust jacket
- Cataloging source
- IEN/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- English, Charlie
- Dewey number
- 966.23
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT551.9.T55
- LC item number
- E54 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)
- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Tombouctou (Mali)
- Mali
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Libraries
- Islamic learning and scholarship
- Cultural property
- Antiquities
- Cultural property
- Destruction and pillage
- Discoveries in geography
- Islamic learning and scholarship
- Libraries
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Mali
- Mali
- Label
- The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past, Charlie English
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilog
- Control code
- 1701040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594634284
- Lccn
- 2016039192
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701040
- (OCoLC)956479952
- Label
- The storied city : the quest for Timbuktu and the fantastic mission to save its past, Charlie English
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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 explorer -- The headless horseman -- The pope of Timbuktu -- Secret agents -- Liberation -- Lives of the scholars -- The terrible twosome -- King Leopold's paperweight -- Auto-da-fé -- Chronicle of the seeker -- An Indiana Jones moment in real life! -- Manuscript fever -- The myth factory -- Epilog
- Control code
- 1701040
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 400 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781594634284
- Lccn
- 2016039192
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1701040
- (OCoLC)956479952
Subject
- Cultural property -- Protection
- Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Destruction and pillage
- Discoveries in geography
- History
- Islamic learning and scholarship
- Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage
- Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali | Tombouctou
- 2012
- Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage
- Mali -- Tombouctou
- Manuscripts, Arabic
- Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali | Tombouctou
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Antiquities
- Tombouctou (Mali) -- Discovery and exploration
- Tuareg Rebellion (Mali : 2012-)
- Mali
- Antiquities
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