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The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race To Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
By Hammer, Joshua
- ISBN
- 9781681681429
- Publisher
- HighBridge
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Library Journal
Reviewed on June 15, 2016 | Audio
Hammer (Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire That Helped Forge the Path to World War II) delivers an engrossing and dramatic story about smuggling manuscripts out of Timbuktu during the occupation of Mali by al-Qaeda militants. Listeners are treated to an exciting history of the turbulence of Islamic leadership spanning several centuries and the historical and cultural importance of the 370,000 documents in question. Hammer describes the efforts of Abdel Kader Haidara, an expert on an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
