| A Vagabond in Barbary (Annotated): A rollicking travel adventure across North Africa in the 1920's Contributor(s): Foster, Harry L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1916403344 ISBN-13: 9781916403345 Publisher: Island Trader Media OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Africa - North |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.87 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From luxury trains to camel rides, from five-star hotels to sharing a room with livestock in a desert village-join Harry L. Foster on a riotous adventure to explore North Africa in the roaring 20s. American writer Harry L. Foster visited Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia at the end of the 1920s and offered a rare look into Francophone North Africa in the colonial period. With his usual sharp eye for detail - and even sharper tongue - he captures his encounters with the local people, the colonials and way of life on the Barbary Coast where piracy was rife for generations. Foster's tangles with local cultural and religious customs, his love-hate relationship with the French, and his eternal battle not to be ripped off by the fanatically determined tourist touts make for an entertaining and insightful journey. This annotated edition includes a new map of Foster's journey and detailed notes. A limited number of changes have also been made to correct some eccentric punctuation, typos and odd spellings in the text of the first edition. |