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Product Identifiers

PublisherSanta Fe Writers Pro-Ject

ISBN-101951631153

ISBN-139781951631154

eBay Product ID (ePID)19057268807

Product Key Features

Book TitleShips in the Desert

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicAsia / General, Essays & Travelogues, Asia / Central

IllustratorYes

GenreTravel, History

AuthorJeff Fearnside

Book SeriesSfwp Literary Awards Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight5.9 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2021-043648

Reviews"Fearnside explores environmental degradation and religious tensions, the powerful influence of a Soviet past on the present, and what it means to be a teacher in a foreign land. There is much in this book to be admired." --Kurt Caswell, winner of the 2008 River Teeth Nonfiction Book Prize, and author of Laika's Window: The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog, "In rich, searching essays... [Fearnside] shows us that we have much to learn from the realities of a country most Americans can't find on a map, revealing how we are connected, and all responsible for living with integrity." --Michael Copperman, author of Teacher: Two Years in the Mississippi Delta

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal915.804

SynopsisIn this linked essay collection, award-winning author Jeff Fearnside analyzes his four years as an educator on the Great Silk Road, primarily in Kazakhstan. Peeling back the layers of culture, environment, and history that define the country and its people, Fearnside creates a compelling narrative about this faraway land and soon realizes how the local, personal stories are, in fact, global stories. Fearnside sees firsthand the unnatural disaster of the Aral Sea--a man-made environmental crisis that has devastated the region and impacts the entire world. He examines the sometimes controversial ethics of Western missionaries, and reflects on personal and social change once he returns to the States. Ships in the Desert explores universal issues of religious bigotry, cultural intolerance, environmental degradation, and how a battle over water rights led to a catastrophe that is now being repeated around the world.

LC Classification NumberDS327.8.F43 2022