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Walls : a history of civilization in blood and brick / David Frye.
"With Frye as our raconteur-guide, we journey back to a time before barriers of brick and stone even existed—to an era in which nomadic tribes vied for scarce resources, and each man was bred to a life of struggle. Ultimately, those same men would create edifices of mud, brick, and stone, and with them effectively divide humanity: on one side were those the walls protected; on the other, those the walls kept out. The stars of this narrative are the walls themselves—rising up in places as ancient and exotic as Mesopotamia, Babylon, Greece, China, Rome, Mongolia, Afghanistan, the lower Mississippi and even Central America. As we journey across time and place, we discover a hidden, thousand-mile-long wall in Asia’s steppes; learn of bizarre Spartan rituals; watch Mongol chieftains lead their miles-long hordes; witness the epic siege of Constantinople; chill at the fate of French explorers; marvel at the folly of the Maginot Line; tense at the gathering crisis in Cold War Berlin; gape at Hollywood’s gated royalty; and contemplate the wall mania of our own era."-- Publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781501172700
- ISBN: 9781501172717
- Physical Description: xii, 292 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | 909 FRY (Text) | 35151001082676 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | On holds shelf | - |
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