A Dweller in Mesopotamia : (Registro nro. 59417)
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| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | DS |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Maxwell, Donald, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1877-1936 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A Dweller in Mesopotamia : |
| Remainder of title | Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2006-03-20 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe (http://dp.rastko.net/) from page images and digital files generously made available by the University of Georgia Libraries (http://fax.libs.uga.edu/) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "A Dweller in Mesopotamia" by Donald Maxwell is a travel memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences and impressions while serving as an official artist in Mesopotamia, predominantly reflecting on the landscape, culture, and history of the region. Through observant and poetic prose, Maxwell evokes a sense of nostalgia and wonder about the ancient tales and modern realities intertwined in Mesopotamia. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Maxwell's reflections on the charm and heat of Abadan, an oil port in Persia, emphasizing the stark contrast between his memories of luxury and beauty with the discomforts he experienced during his travels. He recounts an evening spent drifting on the river, struggling to signal for help, which fortuitously arrives in the form of a British Navy officer. The descriptions blend the ambience of the region's past, recalling the tales of "Sinbad the Sailor," with vivid sketches of the industrial landscape, setting up an exploration of both the romantic and gritty sides of Mesopotamian life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Note about original | Original publication data not identified |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Iraq -- Description and travel |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18031">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18031</a> |
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