Tent Work In Palestine: A Record of Discovery and Adventure »

1878. Two Volumes in One. Victorian soldier, explorer, and scholar, Claude Reignier Conder, narrates his exploits in surveying 4700 square miles of Western Palestine. Contents of Volume I: The Road to Jerusalem; Shechem and the Samaritans; The Survey of Samaria; The Great Plain of Esdraelon; The Nazareth Hills; Carmel and Acre; Sharon; Damascus, Baalbek and Hermon; Samon's Country; Bethlehem and Mar Saba; Jerusalem; and The Temple and Calvary. Contents of Volume II: Jericho; The Jordan Valley; Hebron and Beersheba; The Land of Benjamin; The Desert of Judah; The Shephelah and Philistia; Galilee; The Origin of the Fellahin; Life and Habits of the Fellahin; The Bedawin; Jews, Russians, and Germans; and The Fertility of Palestine. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.