Bitter waters
Subtitle: America's forgotten naval mission to the Dead Sea
By: David Haward Bain
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781590203521
Subjects: American; Explorers; Discovery and exploration
Other titles: America's forgotten mission to the Dead Sea
Description: Illumines the Unites States' 19th-century exploration of the Holy Land.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acre, Palestine; title: From Virginia to heartache ; Lighthouses in the sky ; Ambition within the ashes ; New York to Palestine; title: Mediterranean to Galilee ; The descent of the Jordan to the Ford of Sek'a ; The descent of the Jordan past Jericho; title: The Western shore to Engedi ; Looking backward at a pillar of salt ; Exploring the Fortress of Masada ; The shore of Moab ; From the River Zerka to Ain Fashka; title: From Mar Saba and Jerusalem to the Jordan's source.