The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Title The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts
Names Hammer, Joshua.
Book Number LP022693
Title Status Active
Medium Large Type
Annotation A journalist recounts the efforts of a small group of librarians and archivists in Mali to rescue thousands of rare manuscripts before they fell into the hands of the jihadists attacking the city of Timbuktu. Some strong language. 2016.
Local Subject Contains some strong language - SML
Library & information sciences - 020
Library - General libraries - 027
Islamic - RELOI
Islamic Interest - ISI
Africa - AFRIC
History - HST
History - Africa - HWF
Short Book - SH
Non-Fiction - NF
Adult Book - ADB
Adult Non-Fiction - AN
Adult Reading Level - AD
Male Author - MA
Notes A
ENG
Language English
Released 2016
Publication Info 2016
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