Wilfred Thesiger
Born
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
June 03, 1910
Died
August 24, 2003
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Arabian Sands
35 editions
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published
1959
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The Marsh Arabs
by
4 editions
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published
1964
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The Life of My Choice
5 editions
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published
1987
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Across the Empty Quarter
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published
2007
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Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia
3 editions
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published
1998
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A Vanished World
3 editions
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published
2001
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Desert, Marsh and Mountain
3 editions
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published
1979
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The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia, 1930 - 34
3 editions
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published
1996
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My Kenya Days
2 editions
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published
1994
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My Life and Travels: An Anthology
3 editions
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published
2002
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“I had learnt the satisfaction which comes from hardship and the pleasure which derives from abstinence; the contentment of a full belly; the richness of meat; the taste of clean water; the ecstasy of surrender when the craving of sleep becomes a torment; the warmth of a fire in the chill of dawn.”
― Arabian Sands
― Arabian Sands
“In the desert I had found a freedom unattainable in civilization; a life unhampered by possessions, since everything that was not a necessity was an encumbrance. I had found too, a comradeship inherent in the circumstances, and the belief that tranquility was to be found there.”
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“For me, exploration was a personal venture. I did not go to the Arabian desert to collect plants nor to make a map; such things were incidental. At heart I knew that to write or even to talk of my travels was to tarnish the achievement. I went there to find peace in the hardship of desert travel and the company of desert peoples. I set myself a goal on these journeys, and, although the goal itself was unimportant, its attainment had to be worth every effort and sacrifice... No, it is not the goal but the way there that matters, and the harder the way the more worth while the journey.”
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