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In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races. Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid Victorian female traveller, Ellen E. Miller, and an African-American minister, Rev. Charles T. Walker, who had been born into slavery. Between the lines of others' letters, Solomon Negima's remarkable life story also emerges: from a German mission school in Jerusalem, to the British army in the Sudan, to a successful career as a dragoman in Palestine and Syria, and finally to comfortable retirement with his son, Aziz, and daughter, Olinda, at a Mormon mission in Jerusalem. The discovery of this unique scrapbook allows us an insight into the lives of individuals whose histories would otherwise be lost to us, and a new perspective on the history of travel in the Middle East.

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Zařazení knihy Knihy v angličtině Humanities History Regional & national history

• Plný název: From Khartoum to Jerusalem
• Autor: Rachel Mairs
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Pevná
• Počet stran: 280
• EAN: 9781474255004
• ISBN: 9781474255004
• ID: 09390995
• Nakladatelství: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Hmotnost: 558 g
• Rozměry: 165 × 241 × 20 mm
• Datum vydání: 05. May 2016

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