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Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu : And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts by Joshua Hammer (2017, Trade Paperback)

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In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks of desert shepherds. His goal: to preserve this crucial part of the world’s patrimony in a gorgeous library. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door. Joshua Hammer writes about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world’s greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction. With bravery and patience, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali. His heroic heist is a reminder that.

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PublisherSimon & Schuster

ISBN-101476777411

ISBN-139781476777412

eBay Product ID (ePID)224734313

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Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameBadass Librarians of Timbuktu : and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

SubjectIslamic Studies, Islam / History, Africa / West, Modern / 21st Century, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Library & Information Science / General, General, Africa / North

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReference, Religion, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Social Science, Political Science

AuthorJoshua Hammer

FormatTrade Paperback