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The Fearful Void
by Moorhouse, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0397010192
- ISBN 13
- 9780397010196
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-237: J B Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. J B Lippincott, Philadelphia, PA. 1974. 288 pgs. Illustrated with Color & b/w photos and maps. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. It was because I was afraid that I had decided to attempt a crossing of the great Sahara desert, from west to east, by myself and by camel. No one had ever made such a journey before ...' In October 1972 Geoffrey Moorhouse began his odyssey across the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Nile, a distance of 3,600 miles. His reason for undertaking such an immense feat was to examine the roots of his fear, to explore an extremity of human experience. From the outset misfortune was never far away; and as he moved further into that 'awful emptiness' the physical and mental deprivation grew more intense. In March 1973, having walked the last 300 miles, Moorhouse, ill and exhausted, reached Tamanrasset, where he decided to end his journey. The Fearful Void is the moving record of his struggle with fear and loneliness and, ultimately, his coming to terms with the spiritual as well as the physical dangers of the desert. EB; 8.8 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches; 288 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 59477
- Title
- The Fearful Void
- Author
- Moorhouse, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0397010192
- ISBN 13
- 9780397010196
- Publisher
- J B Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- E-237
- Date Published
- 1974
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