The Breath of the Desert the Account of a Journey Through Algeria and Tunisia

by Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Lewis Stanton Palen (Translator)

1927. From the Preface: As I look back upon my journey through Algeria and Tunisia and, especially now, as I go through my notes for this volume-notes jotted down or elaborated in hotels, Government offices, native taverns, wayside Moorish cafes and markets; among beggars and the descendants of buccaneers; in palaces, in the houses, huts and tents of Berbers, Kabyles and Arabs; before the mosques; during hunting expeditions on the plains or among the peaks of the Jujura; amid Roman or Phoenician ruins or out on the limitless wastes of the Sahara-I realize how deeply I am indebted to the assistance and advice of others for much of my material. Contents: The City of the Pirates; Away to the Desert; In the Babylon of the Sahara; Through the Land of the Simoon; When Africa was Rome; Under the Spell of Numidian Kings; The Mediterranean of St. Augustine; The Heritage of Carthaginian Rulers; In the City of Dido and Salammbo; Among the Proud Highlanders of Kabylia; The Tale of Akub Ben Gmali; The Love of a Sahara; and The Riddle of North Africa. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1927

About the author

Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski was a Polish writer, journalist, traveler, globetrotter, explorer, anti-communist, university professor, a member of the French Academy, political activist.

After World War II all his books were covered by the censors in Poland because of his anti-communist beliefs. Only since 1989, his work can be officially published in Poland again.

He is best known for his books:

Beasts, Men and Gods – 1922
(org. title: Przez kraj ludzi, zwierząt i bogów. Konno przez Azję Centralną)

The Shadow of the Gloomy East: A Moral History of the Russian People – 1923
(org. title: Cień ponurego Wschodu. Za kulisami życia rosyjskiego)

Lenin: God of the Godless – 1930
(org. title: Lenin)