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" Gertrude Bell : "
Heather Lehr Wagner.
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BL
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1018102
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b772472
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| Main Entry
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Wagner, Heather Lehr.
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| Title & Author
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Gertrude Bell : : explorer of the Middle East /\ Heather Lehr Wagner.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Chelsea House Publishers,, ©2004.
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Women explorers
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xvi, 116 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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079107711X
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: 9780791077115
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105) and index.
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| Contents
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The mark of the desert -- Childhood memories -- The colors of the East -- The voice of the wind -- The romance of the desert -- Intelligence officer -- A new nation -- Stateswoman and advisor.
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| Abstract
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Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman who explored the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and played an important role in the founding of Iraq, helping to choose its first king and creating the Baghdad Museum.
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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926-- Travel-- Saudi Arabia
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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926.
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Bell, Gertrude Lowthian,1868-1926
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Stateswomen.
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Travelers.
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Women, Biography.
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Travel.
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Saudi Arabia, Description and travel, Juvenile literature.
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Middle East, Description and travel.
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Saudi Arabia.
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| Dewey Classification
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956/.02/092B
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DS208.W34 2004
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