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The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
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Author:
Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
Series:
Thorndike Press large print popular and narrative nonfiction
Published:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
Physical Desc:
429 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Institut des Hautes Etudes et de Recherches Islamiques Ahmed Baba.
Islamic learning and scholarship -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Librarians -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Libraries -- Destruction and pillage -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Mali -- History -- Tuareg Rebellion, 2012- -- Destruction and pillage.
Manuscripts, Arabic -- Mali -- Tombouctou.
Other Subjects
Large type books.

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Format:
Large Print
Edition:
Large print ed.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781410490032, 1410490033

Notes

General Note
Includes index.
Description
Describes how a group of Timbuktu librarians enacted a daring plan to smuggle the city's great collection of rare Islamic manuscripts away from the threat of destruction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.

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APA Citation (style guide)

Hammer, J. (2016). The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts. Large print ed. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Hammer, Joshua, 1957-. 2016. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press Large Print.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Hammer, Joshua, 1957-, The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Hammer, Joshua. The Bad-ass Librarians of Timbuktu: And Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts. Large print ed. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

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