When Margaret Laurence set out for Somaliland with her engineer husband in 1950, she confronted the difficulty of communication between peoples of vastly different cultures. Yet she came to know the skilled orators, poets and craftsmen of the country, and to share the vision of a people's struggle for survival in a barren land. The Prophet's Camel Bell is part travelogue, part autobiography, part celebration of human nature, and essential reading for anyone who has ever been a stranger in a strange land.
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When Margaret Laurence set out for Somaliland with her engineer husband in 1950, she confronted the difficulty of communication between peoples of vastly different cultures. Yet she came to know the skilled orators, poets and craftsmen of the country, and to share the vision of a people's struggle for survival in a barren land. The Prophet's Camel Bell is part travelogue, part autobiography, part celebration of human nature, and essential reading for anyone who has ever been a stranger in a strange land.
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Add this copy of The Prophet's Camel Bell to cart. $2.35, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1988 by New Canadian Library.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good. First Softcover Edition. Illustrated wraps, octavo. Slight wear to the edges of the covers. No owner's name, no marks to text, no tears, no creases. Faint stain to inside front cover.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. Hardcover with red cloth boards in dust jacket, 1963, octavo, 239pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with hint of shelfwear to boards, binding tight, mild slant to spine, endpapers faintly foxed, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ VG with rubbing, toning, mild edgewear, now in archival mylar wrap.
