Ships in the Desert (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781951631154)

In this linked essay collection, award-winning author Jeff Fearnside analyzes his four years as an educator on the Great Silk Road, primarily in Kazakhstan. Peeling back the layers of culture, environment, and history that define the country and its people, Fearnside creates a compelling narrative about this faraway land and soon realizes how the local, personal stories are, in fact, global stories. Fearnside sees firsthand the unnatural disaster of the Aral Sea--a man-made environmental crisis that has devastated the region and impacts the entire world. He examines the sometimes controversial ethics of Western missionaries, and reflects on personal and social change once he returns to the States. Ships in the Desert explores universal issues of religious bigotry, cultural intolerance, environmental degradation, and how a battle over water rights led to a catastrophe that is now being repeated around the world.

Author: Jeff Fearnside
ISBN-10: 1951631153
ISBN-13: 9781951631154
Publisher: Santa Fe Writer's Project
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2022
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.24d
Award: Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards - Gold Medal Winner