Winters in Algeria 9781593335991, 1593335997
In the 1870s, American painter Frederick Bridgman traveled from his home in Paris to Algiers. Although he traveled to pa
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE " WHITE DOVE "
II. THE STRANGERS' QUARTER
III. POPULAR ALGIERS
IV. THE PEOPLE
V. COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS
VI. NEIGHBORS
VII. THE STREETS
VIII. INCIDENTAL CHARACTERIZATION
IX. WHERE I PITCHED MY EASEL
X . THE MOSQUES
XI. MOSLEM SHRINES AND LAW COURTS
XII. A FESTIVAL
XIII. THE NEGRO COMMUNITY
XIV. TO LA TRAPPE
XV. IN THE BATHS
XVI. A TRIP TO TLEMÇEN
XVIII. WANDERINGS IN THE TOWN
XIX. ABOUT THE CHILDREN
XX. BOU-MEDINE
XXI. MILOUD
XXII. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES
XXIII. THE LEGEND OF AIN-EL-HOUTZ
XXIV. RETURN AND FAREWELL TO ALGIERS
XXV. INTO KABYLIA
XXVI. TO AND FROM TUNIS
XXVII. FROM BONA TO CONSTANTINE
XXVIII. ON THE WAY TO BISKRA
XXIX. ARRIVAL AT BISKRA
XXX. DUELS
XXXI. IN THE VILLAGES AROUND BISKRA
XXXII. A SIROCCO
XXXIII. SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE SAHARA
XXXIV. AN IMPORTANT OASIS
XXXV. EXCURSION INTO THE DESERT
XXXVI. TOLGA AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGES
XXXVII. EXPERIENCE IN A SAND-STORM
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I. THE " WHITE DOVE "
II. THE STRANGERS' QUARTER
III. POPULAR ALGIERS
IV. THE PEOPLE
V. COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS
VI. NEIGHBORS
VII. THE STREETS
VIII. INCIDENTAL CHARACTERIZATION
IX. WHERE I PITCHED MY EASEL
X . THE MOSQUES
XI. MOSLEM SHRINES AND LAW COURTS
XII. A FESTIVAL
XIII. THE NEGRO COMMUNITY
XIV. TO LA TRAPPE
XV. IN THE BATHS
XVI. A TRIP TO TLEMÇEN
XVIII. WANDERINGS IN THE TOWN
XIX. ABOUT THE CHILDREN
XX. BOU-MEDINE
XXI. MILOUD
XXII. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES
XXIII. THE LEGEND OF AIN-EL-HOUTZ
XXIV. RETURN AND FAREWELL TO ALGIERS
XXV. INTO KABYLIA
XXVI. TO AND FROM TUNIS
XXVII. FROM BONA TO CONSTANTINE
XXVIII. ON THE WAY TO BISKRA
XXIX. ARRIVAL AT BISKRA
XXX. DUELS
XXXI. IN THE VILLAGES AROUND BISKRA
XXXII. A SIROCCO
XXXIII. SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE SAHARA
XXXIV. AN IMPORTANT OASIS
XXXV. EXCURSION INTO THE DESERT
XXXVI. TOLGA AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGES
XXXVII. EXPERIENCE IN A SAND-STORM
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