The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World's Most Precious Manuscripts

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2016
Contributors Author: Joshua Hammer
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Number of Pages
278 pp.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
City
New York, NY
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ISBN
9781476777405
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Journalistic account of effort to save ancient Islamic and secular manuscripts and other volumes from potential destruction after Al-Qaeda linked groups gained control of most of Mali.