Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia Design Weight: 409 g

Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arizona and Arabia Design Weight: 409 gThe iconic deserts of the American southwest could not have been colonized and settled without the help of desert experts from the Middle East. For example: In 1856, a caravan of thirty three camels arrived in Indianola, Texas, led by a Syrian cameleer the Americans called "Hi Jolly." This "camel corps," the US government hoped, could help the army secure the new southwest swath of the country just wrested from Mexico. Though the dream of the camel

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