Project Gutenberg 2006-03-20 Public domain in the USA. 95 Maxwell, Donald 1877 1936 A Dweller in Mesopotamia Being the Adventures of an Official Artist in the Garden of Eden Reading ease score: 65.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Janet Blenkinship, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe (http://dp.rastko.net/) from page images and digital files generously made available by the University of Georgia Libraries (http://fax.libs.uga.edu/) "A Dweller in Mesopotamia" by Donald Maxwell is a travel memoir written in the early 20th century. The book chronicles the author's experiences and impressions while serving as an official artist in Mesopotamia, predominantly reflecting on the landscape, culture, and history of the region. Through observant and poetic prose, Maxwell evokes a sense of nostalgia and wonder about the ancient tales and modern realities intertwined in Mesopotamia. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Maxwell's reflections on the charm and heat of Abadan, an oil port in Persia, emphasizing the stark contrast between his memories of luxury and beauty with the discomforts he experienced during his travels. He recounts an evening spent drifting on the river, struggling to signal for help, which fortuitously arrives in the form of a British Navy officer. The descriptions blend the ambience of the region's past, recalling the tales of "Sinbad the Sailor," with vivid sketches of the industrial landscape, setting up an exploration of both the romantic and gritty sides of Mesopotamian life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Iraq -- Description and travel DS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 195196 194945 2024-10-08T06:00:23.039494 2023-09-08T08:03:21.420820 text/html text/html 194030 2006-03-20T17:04:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1465914 2020-12-13T19:53:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1637651 2024-10-08T06:00:31.583402 application/epub+zip 1637995 2024-10-08T06:00:26.766479 application/epub+zip 145514 2024-10-08T06:00:25.233454 application/epub+zip 1783312 2024-10-08T06:00:34.915467 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1754645 2024-10-08T06:00:30.513438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 256789 2022-09-08T14:18:21.783823 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 155920 155657 2024-10-08T06:00:21.961478 2023-09-08T08:03:20.691798 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 155534 2020-12-13T19:53:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60661 2020-12-13T19:53:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 155549 2020-12-13T19:53:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60643 2020-12-13T19:53:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21301 2024-10-08T06:00:35.054384 application/rdf+xml 14472 2024-10-08T06:00:25.817432 image/jpeg 3958 2024-10-08T06:00:25.526436 image/jpeg 1581283 2024-10-08T06:00:23.235476 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog