Format:
xvi, 261 pages
,
illustrations
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9781474255004
,
1474255000
Content:
In 2014, a collection of papers was found on eBay: a scrapbook, inside which was written 'Testimonial Book of Dragoman Solomon N. Negima'. The letters pasted into the testimonial book bear recommendations of Negima's services as dragoman - a combination of tourist guide and interpreter - in the Holy Land, from travellers of different nationalities, social classes, religions, genders and races. Using these reference letters, and the first-hand published and unpublished accounts of the travellers themselves, this book tells the stories of several such tourists, including the intrepid Victorian female traveller, Ellen E. Miller, and an African-American minister, Rev. Charles T. Walker, who had been born into slavery. Between the lines of others' letters, Solomon Negima's remarkable life story also emerges: from a German mission school in Jerusalem, to the British army in the Sudan, to a successful career as a dragoman in Palestine and Syria, and finally to comfortable retirement with his son, Aziz, and daughter, Olinda, at a Mormon mission in Jerusalem. The discovery of this unique scrapbook allows us an insight into the lives of individuals whose histories would otherwise be lost to us, and a new perspective on the history of travel in the Middle East
Content:
Introduction -- The Sudan, 1885 -- Tourists and pilgrims -- Alone through Syria -- Rev. Charles T. Walker -- Floyd House -- The letters
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474255028
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474255011
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Mairs, Rachel, author From Khartoum to Jerusalem London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Mairs, Rachel, 1981 - From Khartoum to Jerusalem London : Bloomsbury, 2016 ISBN 9781474255035
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474255028
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474255011
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Mairs, Rachel, 1981 - From Khartoum to Jerusalem London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016 ISBN 9781474255004
Language:
English
Keywords:
Palästina
;
Dragoman
;
Geschichte 1885-1933
