DESERT DRIVERS
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DESERT DRIVERS (ebook)

ANDREW GOUDIE

$95.99
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Editorial:
BRITISH INSTITUTE FOR LIBYAN AND NORTHERN AFRICAN STUDIES
ISBN:
9781914268007
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Epublication content package
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Inglés
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Si

The exploration of the Sahara - a huge swathe of terrain, the size of India - by motor car is one of the untold chapters in the story of 20th century exploration. This revised version of the successful title Wheels Across the Desert, looks at the intrepid drivers who crossed the desert in the early 20th century - both military and civilian.

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