Down the Nile Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff

Name: Down the Nile Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
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ISBN: 9780316019019

ISBN-10: 0316019011

ISBN-13: 9780316019019

Edition: 2008

Authors: Rosemary Mahoney

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When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveler, she experienced events that ranged from the humorous to the hair-raising--including an encounter that began as one of the most frightening of her life and ended as an edifying and chastening lesson in human nature and cultural misunderstanding. Whether she's meeting Nubians and Egyptians, or finding connections to Westerners who traveled up the Nile in earlier…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Publication date: 9/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.27" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

ROSEMARY MAHONEY is the author of Whoredom in Kimmage, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the New York Times Notable Book The Early Arrival of Dreams. The recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, she lives in Rhode Island.



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