Anderson, Scott

A narrative chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers, including T.E. Lawrence, and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East, demonstrating how they instigated jihad against British forces, built an elaborate intelligence ring and forged ties to gain valuable oil concessions.

A narrative chronicle of World War I's Arab Revolt explores the pivotal roles of a small group of adventurers and low-level officers who orchestrated a secret effort to control the Middle East, demonstrating how they instigated jihad against British forces, built an elaborate intelligence ring and forged ties to gain valuable oil concessions.

Mark, a young photographer who was slightly injured in a Third World brushfire war, returns to New York but seems unable to recover from his experience until he meets his girlfriend's grandfather, a man who worked with conscience-stricken officers after the Spanish Civil War.

Author recounts his canoe-journey beginning on a front porch in Duluth, Minnesota, and ending at historic York Factory on the shore of Hudson Bay.