Petra has been a fascination of mine since reading Richard Halliburton's description of the city in his Complete Book of Marvels. While I don't remember where or how this really slim book came into my life, that's definitely why.

This isn't really travel writing, it's a factual tour guide for those interested in visiting Transjordan; since the 6th edition is dated 1961, one can only imagine the trip the author describes as much has changed in the intervening half-century. Example: t More...