The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Joshua Hammer
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
238

The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer Book Summary

To save ancient Arabic texts from Al Qaeda, a band of librarians pulls off a brazen heist worthy of Ocean’s Eleven in this “fast-paced narrative that is…part intellectual history, part geopolitical tract, and part out-and-out thriller” (The Washington Post) from the author of The Falcon Thief.

In the 1980s, a young adventurer and collector for a government library, Abdel Kader Haidara, journeyed across the Sahara Desert and along the Niger River, tracking down and salvaging tens of thousands of ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts that were crumbling in the trunks of desert shepherds. His goal: preserve this crucial part of the world’s patrimony in a gorgeous library. But then Al Qaeda showed up at the door.

“Part history, part scholarly adventure story, and part journalist survey…Joshua Hammer writes with verve and expertise” (The New York Times Book Review) about how Haidara, a mild-mannered archivist from the legendary city of Timbuktu, became one of the world’s greatest smugglers by saving the texts from sure destruction. With bravery and patience, Haidara organized a dangerous operation to sneak all 350,000 volumes out of the city to the safety of southern Mali. His heroic heist “has all the elements of a classic adventure novel” (The Seattle Times), and is a reminder that ordinary citizens often do the most to protect the beauty of their culture. His the story is one of a man who, through extreme circumstances, discovered his higher calling and was changed forever by it.

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Book Name The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu
Genre African History
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Language English
E-Book Size 10.7 MB

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Summary of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu by Joshua Hammer

The The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu book written by Joshua Hammer was published on 19 April 2016, Tuesday in the African History category. A total of 238 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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