The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
(Large Print)
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 desctuction at the hands of Al Quaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Mali.
Institut des hautes études 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.
Hammer, J. (2016). The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts. Large print edition. 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 edition. Waterville, Maine, Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016.
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