Forty years in Kuwait / Violet Dickson.
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TextPublication details: London : Allen & Unwin, [1971]Description: 335 p., 16 plates. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cmISBN: - 0049200321
- DS247.K88 D53 1971
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القاعة الأجنبية | The Foreign Hall | DS247.K88 D53 1971 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0012269 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
PART I. Mesopotamia and India 1920- 28 ; Bushire 1928-9 : 1. A Bride in Mesopotamia - 2. Unsettled Times - 3. Quette, Bikaner, and Bushire -- PART II. Kuwait 1929-39 : 4. Life at the Political Agency - 5. People and Events 1929-32 - 6. The Beginning of Oil - 7. First Years with Kuwait Oil Company 1936-39 -- PART III. The War Years and After, 1939-59 : 8. Kuwait in Wartime (1 ) 1939-41 - 9. Kuwait in Wartime (2 ) 1942-45 - 10. Joy and Sorrow 1945-59 -- 11. Staying on in Kuwait -- PART V. The Desert Calls : 12. Travels with Ali and Nasser - 13. Travels around Hasa and Riyadh - 14. Camping with the Murra - 15. New Excursions and Diversions -- Maps : Sketch map of places visited by the author - Kuwait and Saudi Arabia - Tarut Island and surroundings - The November journey, 1964 - Failaka Island.
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