The Life of My Choice

The Life of My Choice

Wilfred Thesiger
Thesiger's autobiography — the full sweep, from Ethiopia to the Empty Quarter to the marshes of Iraq. The definitive account of a life spent choosing difficulty over comfort, wilderness over civilization.
desert exploration Memoir Africa & Middle East
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Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Published 1905
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