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Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name – a flippant tag for “the most remote place on earth.” With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut. Aided by an adventuresome spirit, Rick endures a forty-five hour train ride, a swindling travel agent, “Third World, three-lane” roads, rivers, and a flat deck ferry boat before finally reaching Timbuktu. Rick narrates the history of this elusive destination through the teachings of his Malian guide Zak, and encounters with stranded tourists, a camel owner, a riverboat captain, and the people who call Timbuktu home.Antonson's eloquence and quiet wit highlight the city's myths—the centuries old capital and traveler's dream—as well as its realities: A city gripped by poverty, where historic treasures lie close to the sands of destruction. Indeed, some 700,000 ancient manuscripts remain there, endangered. Both a travelogue and a history of a place long forgotten, To Timbuktu for a Haircut emerges as a plea to preserve the past and open cultural dialo

Who reads The Liberation Trilogy Boxed Set?

Author

Rick Atkinson [Atkinson, Rick]

Publisher

Henry Holt and Company

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9781466855571

Category

travel

Subjects

Adventure, Memoir, Travel

Rating

4.72 / 5 (40 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14