Aaronsohn's maps : the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East / Pat...
Aaronsohn's maps : the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East / Pat...
Aaronsohn's maps : the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East / Patricia Goldstone.
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
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N940.48641/4
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Language
English
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Physical content
344 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The Jew in the bathchair -- The spies of Moses -- Flying the Zionist kite in America -- Minuet -- The locust hunter -- Felix Krull, confidence man -- He who writes the dispatches -- "Our people" -- The sacrifice -- Icarus falls from the sky -- Inconvenient heroes -- Aaronsohn's roadmap.
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Publisher
Orlando : Harcourt, c2007.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Scientist, diplomat, and spy, Aaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jews. Born to Jewish settlers in Palestine, he ran a network of spies during World War I with his sister Sarah that enabled the British to capture Jerusalem and made Aaron T. E. Lawrence's rival in an astonishi...
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Aaronsohn's maps : the untold story of the man who might have created peace in the Middle East / Patricia Goldstone.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-335) and index.
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N940.48641/4
Record Identifier
74VKz62vVOQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKz62vVOQX
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ISBN
9780151011698 (hbk.)
DDC
940.48641092
MMS ID
991023380489702626
