Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Persian Days / Copley Amory.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Kiraz Historic Travels ArchivePublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2007]Copyright date: ©2007Description: 1 online resource (316 p.) : 32Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9781593336080
  • 9781463212810
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. SOUTHWARD FROM TEHERAN -- II. GLORIES OF ISFAHAN -- III. ON THE ROAD, AND TWO VERY ANCIENT CAPITALS OF PERSIA -- IV. SHIRAZ AND OTHER THINGS -- V. DOWNSTAIRS TO SHAPUR -- VI. TRIBES AND TENTS -- VII. MISADVENTURE -- VIII. KERMAN -- IX. A DIGRESSION -- X. THE LAST STRETCH -- INDEX TO PLACE-NAMES
Summary: A fascinating travelogue through southern and central Iran, this early nineteenth-century account is written with wit and insight; the polymathic Copley Amory Jr. proves an able tour guide. The reader is taken from Tehran to Kerman and back, along a trail that highlights ancient sites of historical importance. Along the way, the culture of “tribes and tents” is described, as well as a plucky misadventure involving encounters with camel caravans and excessive automobile troubles. Written in a witty and engaging style, this account of a classic journey contains an education in the history and customs of a vanishing way of life.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781463212810

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. SOUTHWARD FROM TEHERAN -- II. GLORIES OF ISFAHAN -- III. ON THE ROAD, AND TWO VERY ANCIENT CAPITALS OF PERSIA -- IV. SHIRAZ AND OTHER THINGS -- V. DOWNSTAIRS TO SHAPUR -- VI. TRIBES AND TENTS -- VII. MISADVENTURE -- VIII. KERMAN -- IX. A DIGRESSION -- X. THE LAST STRETCH -- INDEX TO PLACE-NAMES

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

A fascinating travelogue through southern and central Iran, this early nineteenth-century account is written with wit and insight; the polymathic Copley Amory Jr. proves an able tour guide. The reader is taken from Tehran to Kerman and back, along a trail that highlights ancient sites of historical importance. Along the way, the culture of “tribes and tents” is described, as well as a plucky misadventure involving encounters with camel caravans and excessive automobile troubles. Written in a witty and engaging style, this account of a classic journey contains an education in the history and customs of a vanishing way of life.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)