Tribes with Flags
Adventure and Kidnap in Greater Syria
Published on 1. September 2018
510 pages
978-0-8021-9418-3 (ISBN)
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The
ABC News correspondent's riveting chronicle of his journey through the Middle East-and being held hostage by pro-Iranian terrorists in Beirut.
A New York Times Notable Book-with an introduction by the author.
On June 18, 1987, Charles Glass was kidnapped by pro-Iranian terrorists in a Shiite Muslim suburb of Beirut and held for sixty-two days. His daring escape on August 18, 1987, made headlines worldwide. But Glass never forgot the reason he was in Lebanon or abandoned the idea of a book capturing the splendid vitality and diversity of life in the Middle East.
Tribes with Flags is the book Glass always meant it to be: A chronicle of his journey from the southern Turkish coast, around the bay of Alexandretta, and through Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. Glass visited farms, slums, and refugee camps as well as royal friends in feudal palaces, capturing the entire spectrum of Levantine life. The journey ends with a gripping account of Glass's kidnapping in Beirut-an intimate portrayal of life as a hostage-and his successful flight to freedom.
"A literary and spiritual ramble through the countries of the Levant... Glass's account of two months' captivity and his escape bring to an exciting conclusion this engrossing, informative, unusual travel book." - Publishers Weekly
A New York Times Notable Book-with an introduction by the author.
On June 18, 1987, Charles Glass was kidnapped by pro-Iranian terrorists in a Shiite Muslim suburb of Beirut and held for sixty-two days. His daring escape on August 18, 1987, made headlines worldwide. But Glass never forgot the reason he was in Lebanon or abandoned the idea of a book capturing the splendid vitality and diversity of life in the Middle East.
Tribes with Flags is the book Glass always meant it to be: A chronicle of his journey from the southern Turkish coast, around the bay of Alexandretta, and through Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. Glass visited farms, slums, and refugee camps as well as royal friends in feudal palaces, capturing the entire spectrum of Levantine life. The journey ends with a gripping account of Glass's kidnapping in Beirut-an intimate portrayal of life as a hostage-and his successful flight to freedom.
"A literary and spiritual ramble through the countries of the Levant... Glass's account of two months' captivity and his escape bring to an exciting conclusion this engrossing, informative, unusual travel book." - Publishers Weekly
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Now with a new introduction by the author.On June 18, 1987, Charles Glass was kidnapped by pro-Iranian terrorists in a Shiite Muslim suburb of Beirut and held for sixty-two days. His daring escape on August 18, 1987, made headlines worldwide. This book ends with a gripping account of the kidnapping-an intimate portrait of life as a hostage-and his successful flight to freedom.
Content
- Intro
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- New Introduction by the Author
- Part One
- 1 The Legacy of Alexander
- 2 The Army of the Levant
- 3 The Last Ottoman
- 4 Minarets and Belfries
- 5 No-Man's-Land
- Part Two
- 6 Six-Star Brandy
- 7 Where Armies Failed
- 8 A Consular City
- 9 The Survivors and the Dead
- 10 The Village of a Pasha
- 11 The Road
- Part Three
- 12 The Old City
- 13 Meleager's World
- 14 This Bad Century
- 15 Queen of the Desert
- 16 Provincial Loyalty
- 17 Enemies of the Goddesses
- Part Four
- 18 Excursions
- 19 A Blood Feud in the Mountains
- 20 Foul is Fair
- 21 The Ghetto
- 22 Monks and Martyrs
- 23 The Family and the Plain
- 24 The Slumber of the Dead
- 25 Disrespectful Dancing
- 26 The Last Day
- Part Five
- 27 The Black Hole
- 28 Recalled to Life
- Index
