LEADER 03255nam 2200553 a 450 001 9910782409503321 005 20230706221828.0 010 $a0-8166-6146-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689734 035 $a(EBL)345264 035 $a(OCoLC)476161333 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102048 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11109188 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102048 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10050584 035 $a(PQKB)10440556 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC345264 035 $a(OCoLC)233584837 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38753 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL345264 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231233 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525673 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689734 100 $a20750514d1948 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn American engineer in Afghanistan /$ffrom the letters and notes of A.C. Jewett ; ed. by Marjorie Jewett Bell 210 1$aMinneapolis :$cUniv. of Minnesota Press,$d[1948] 215 $a1 online resource (354 pages) 311 0 $a0-8166-6834-5 311 0 $a0-8166-0046-5 327 $aCONTENTS; ON THE ROAD TO KABUL; KABUL; JABAL-US-SIRAJ, MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT; THE OLD MAN WITH THE WHITE BEARD; WINTER QUARTERS; A TELEPHONE MESSAGE; A GUEST IS A FRIEND FOR THREE DAYS; FROM THE TOWER ROOM OF THE OLD FORT; SPECIAL RUNNERS CARRY THE AMIR'S DAK; THE RURAL KOHISTANIS; IDLING AT BABER SARAI; ABDUR RAHMAN, THE DURANI CHIEF; IN THE SERVICE OF HIS MAJESTY; THE BETTER MOON; THE WAY OF A KING AT THE KABUL COURT; A FIRMAN FOR LEAVE; JALALABAD; THE TURKISH HAJJI; ON LEAVE IN INDIA; THE ELEPHANT CARTS ARE COMING; THE SPARROW AND THE WISDOM OF SA'DI; THIEVES AND BUDMASHES 327 $aTHE LIGHT OF THE NATION AND THE FAITH; WAITING FOR LEAVE; THE PUNJAB BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED; KOHISTAN BOUND; THE PAST IS PAST; THE BROWN MAN'S BURDEN; FROM THE KOTI SETAREH ENCLOSURE; LETTERS TO DAVID FAIRCHILD; FED BY THE SNOWS OF THE HINDU KUSH; THIS YEAR WAS AS MUCH AS FIFTY; FOOL MOHAMMAD BLOWS THE BELLOWS; KAFIR IDOLS; UNCAUGHT SPARROWS ARE CHEAP; WE GET UP WITH THE LARK; KABUL OF RECENT TIMES; A LAMP IS LIT; THE CODE OF THE KINGDOM; KISMET; TAMAM SHUD; GLOSSARY 330 $aAn American Engineer in Afghanistan was first published in 1948. The legend of Afghanistan as ""The Forbidden Country"" grew chiefly from a warning of the British Indian Government which once guarded the Afghan frontier north of the Khyber Pass -- ""It is absolutely forbidden to cross this border into Afghanistan."" A glance at the endsheet map in this book will recall its strategic position in the Middle East. When A. C. Jewett entered in 1911 with an escort supplied for his safe transportation to Kabul, he was the first American permitted to live in the country since 1880. 607 $aAfghanistan$xSocial life and customs 607 $aAfghanistan$xDescription and travel 676 $a915.8 700 $aJewett$b A. C$01542908 701 $aBell$b Marjorie Jewett$01542909 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782409503321 996 $aAn American engineer in Afghanistan$93796059 997 $aUNINA