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Fever and Thirst
Fever and Thirst

Fever and Thirst

An American Doctor Among the Tribes of Kurdistan, 1835-1844

HISTORY

354 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5

Formats: Mobipocket, EPUB, PDF

PDF, $9.99 (US $9.99) (CA $12.99)

Publication Date: May 2007

ISBN 9780897339483

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (May 2007)
Academy Chicago Publishers

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Overview

This is “an enthralling account” (Booklist) of an American missionary doctor and his unprecedented adventures in Iraq, Iran and Kurdistan in the mid 19th century. The amazing thing about reading this richly detailed and absorbing account of the life and times of Dr. Asahel Grant in Asia is that things in that volatile region have not changed so very much over time. Gordon is a student of the region, having been in the Peace Corps in Ankara, Turkey in the 1960s, and readers come away with a nuanced and deeper understanding of the geography and dynamics of the region. This book, as one reviewer has said, “sheds tremendous light on our present-day misadventures in Iraq.”

Reviews

"It is a harrowing story of disease, misfortune and sometimes death ... but it is an enthralling account of one man's endeavor to help those in need." — Booklist

 

"I was continually arrested by [Taylor's] very knowledgeable descriptions of the area and his accounts of what occurred there." —J.F. Coakley, Harvard University

 

"The author has achieved a miracle of reconstruction ... Taylor opens the door to a fascinating world." —ForeWord Magazine

Author Biography

Gordon Taylor is Honorary Research Associate at Monash University: before his retirement he was Associate Professor and Director of the Language and Learning Unit in the Faculty of Arts. He was a pioneer in the development of content and discipline specific writing programmes for students in higher education. His many publications include The Student's Writing Guide for the Arts and Social Sciences (1989).