An American Engineer in Afghanistan
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
An American Engineer in Afghanistan
By (Author) Marjorie Bell
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st January 1948
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
342
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
Description
An 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
Author Bio
A. C. Jewett came of a pioneering family, and had lived in Brazil and India before going to Afghanistan. He died at Papeete in the French Society Islands in 1925. Marjorie Jewett Bell, his niece, collected and edited these letters and notes, which are illustrated with many excellent photographs.
