Author: Asher, Michael. (Photo. Mariantonietta Peru).
Title: Impossible Journey. Two Against the Sahara.
Description: Viking. London 1988 1st edition. Terracotta cloth boards. 301pp illustrated colour and b/w photos, map. 8vo. Except neat ownership initials ffep Fine in dustwrapper (spine faded). ISBN: 9780670812653 The author and his new wife crossed the Sahara from West to East by camel (some 4500 miles). Starting in Mauretania this intrepid pair, who had been married for only 5 days, crossed through Mali, Niger, Chad, & the Sudan, to Egypt, pitting themselves against the desert and discovering the resources to survive. Their story paints a picture of an ancient world under attack by western culture.

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