The bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu
Subtitle: and their race to save the world's most precious manuscripts
By: Joshua Hammer
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781476777412; 9781476777405
Subjects: Librarians; Libraries; Arabic Manuscripts; Islamic learning and scholarship; Cultural property; Centre de documentation et de recherches "Ahmed Baba."; Destruction and pillage; Protection; History
Description: 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 destruction at the hands of Al Qaeda militants to the safety of southern Mali.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.