{"product_id":"the-danakil-diary-journeys-through-abyssinia-193034-9780002557108","title":"The Danakil Diary: Journeys Through Abyssinia  1930-34","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1930 Wilfred Thesiger attended the coronation of HIM Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa  at the Emperors personal invitation. Afterwards he spent a month hunting alone in the hostile Danakil desert of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia)  a thrilling experience which led three years later to his successful exploration of the Awash River. Today he still regards this expedition as the most dangerous he ever undertook. Aged only 23  Thesiger became the first European to travel through the fabled Sultanate of Aussa  a forbidding land where two Italian expeditions and an Egyptian army had previously been wiped out by Danakil tribesmen. Thesigers remarkable journey solved one of Africas last remaining geographical mysteries  and established the reputation of a man now considered by many to be the centurys greatest living explorer. A vivid  compelling narrative  The Danakil Diary records how the young Thesiger surmounted overwhelming obstacles and survived the constant threat of death and mutilation by the Danakil  warriors whose tribal status depended on the number of men they had killed and castrated. He portrays the often beautiful  savage landscapes; their varied wildlife; and the strange  sometimes cruel customs of the Danakil  never before observed in such intimate detail. Interspersed with letters to his mother  Thesigers diary is illustrated with original sketch-maps and drawings  and many of his previously unpublished photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651959250997,"sku":"ByrdShop_000255710X","price":148.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780002557108.jpg?v=1781847643","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-danakil-diary-journeys-through-abyssinia-193034-9780002557108","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}