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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts Cover Image Book Book

The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu : and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts / Joshua Hammer.

Hammer, Joshua, 1957- (author.).

Summary:

Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781476777405
  • ISBN: 1476777403
  • Physical Description: 278 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2016.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.

Search for related items by subject

Subject: Libraries > Destruction and pillage > Mali > Tombouctou.
Manuscripts, Arabic > Mali > Tombouctou.
Cultural property > Protection > Mali.
Mali > History > Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- > Destruction and pillage.
Islamic learning and scholarship > Mali > Tombouctou.
Librarians > Mali > Tombouctou.

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  • 3 of 3 copies available at Lehigh Carbon Library Cooperative. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Parkland Community Library.

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Parkland Community Library 025.8 HAM (Text) 34422006940247 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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