The Prince of the Marshes (Record no. 507)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 01365nam a2200193 4500 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2006006905 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780151012350 |
| 024 ## - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER | |
| Standard number or code | 64390582 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS70.65 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 956.704431 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rory Stewart |
| 245 1# - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Prince of the Marshes |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Harcourt |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 416 pages |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In August 2003, at the age of thirty, Rory Stewart took a taxi from Jordan to Baghdad. A Farsi-speaking British diplomat who had recently completed an epic walk from Turkey to Bangladesh, he was soon appointed deputy governor of Amarah and then Nasiriyah, provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. He spent the next eleven months negotiating hostage releases, holding elections, and splicing together some semblance of an infrastructure for a population of millions teetering on the brink of civil war. The Prince of the Marshes tells the story of Stewart's year. As a participant he takes us inside the occupation and beyond the Green Zone, introducing us to a colorful cast of Iraqis and revealing the complexity and fragility of a society we struggle to understand. By turns funny and harrowing, moving and incisive, it amounts to a unique portrait of heroism and the tragedy that intervention inevitably courts in the modern age. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Military |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | History - Middle Eas |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Lake Chapala Society | Lake Chapala Society | 07/17/2024 | 956.7 STEW | 48406 | 07/17/2024 | 1 | 07/17/2024 | Book |