The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century - Hardcover

Shulevitz, Uri

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374377545 ISBN 13: 9780374377540

Verlag: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2005

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Through Three Continents in the Twelfth Century

Imagine a time when streets were narrow and dirty, towns were
surrounded by walls, brigands lurked alongside roads that were
treacherous and few, bridges over rivers were rare, and a man
setting out on a journey never knew if he would return alive.
It was the year 1159 when the medieval Jewish traveler
Benjamin left his native town of Tudela in northern Spain on
an adventure to see the places he had read about in the Bible.
He traveled for fourteen years - from Rome to Constantinople
to Jerusalem to Baghdad, among others - by ship, by cart, and
on foot, enduring great hardships in his quest for knowledge
of other places and people.

Working from Benjamin's original chronicle, written in
Hebrew, as well as other sources on the period, Uri Shulevitz
captures the true spirit of this amazing adventurer, using a text
written in the first person and superlative illustrations.

Biografía del autor:

Uri Shulevitz, a Caldecott Medalist, is the author and
illustrator of numerous books, including the Caldecott Honor
Book Snow. He lives in New York City.

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• Verlag: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0374377545
• ISBN 13: 9780374377540
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 48
• Zeichner: Shulevitz Uri