{"product_id":"golden-legends-images-of-abyssinia-samuel-johnson-to-bob-marley-9780804760980","title":"Golden Legends: Images of Abyssinia, Samuel Johnson to Bob Marley","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the eighteenth century to the present, travellers, explorers, journalists, imaginative writers like Samuel Johnson, and legendary reggae musician Bob Marley have shared a fascination with Abyssinia. So did even earlier writers and mapmakers, who thought Abyssinia was the land of the mythical (and fabulously rich) Christian ruler, Prester John. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe principal subject of this book is the allure of the exotic, as represented by Abyssinia, to the British imagination. In addition to Johnson and Marley, some others included are the eighteenth-century Scot James Bruce, nineteenth-century explorer Richard Burton, author Evelyn Waugh, Wilfred Thesiger (best known of twentieth-century British explorers), Sylvia Pankhurst (crusading journalist and daughter of the suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst), and the contemporary Irish traveller Dervla Murphy. The author also considers the beginnings of anthropology and the variations of quest narrative in modern travel writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. B. Carnochan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford General Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780804760980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. B. Carnochan is the Richard W. Lyman Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Stanford University and former Director of the Stanford Humanities Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford General Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40141678018675,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_82962c9a-a302-4977-b955-08ad84876923.jpg?v=1654521474","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/golden-legends-images-of-abyssinia-samuel-johnson-to-bob-marley-9780804760980","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}