Overview
- Summary
- Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York : Scribner, 2010
- Locale
- Jerusalem
Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)
Saudi Arabia
Dhahran
Middle East - Edition
- First Scribner hardcover edition
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-405) and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781416544401
1416544402
9781416544418
1416544410 - Physical Description
- xvii, 424 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Jerusalem--Biography. Dhahran (Saudi Arabia)--Biography. Arab-Israeli conflict--Personal narratives, American. Jewish-Arab relations--History--20th century. Consuls--Family relationships--Jerusalem. Consuls--Family relationships--Saudi Arabia--Dhahran. Middle East--Politics and government--1945-1979. Biographies. Personal narratives. Bird, Kai--Childhood and youth. Bird, Kai--Family. American Colony (Jerusalem)--Biography.
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- 2024-06-21 18:42:00
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