02502cam a2200385 4500 242512642 TxAuBib 20120307120000.0 071128t20072006||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780156032797 0156032791 ICrlF ICrlF ICrlF TxAuBib Stewart, Rory. The prince of the marshes : And other occupational hazards of a year in Iraq / Rory Stewart. 1st Harvest ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2007. ©2006. xviii, 405 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. Harvest book Capitalist-imperialist-crusader -- Waking up dead -- Mordor -- The prince of the marshes -- The British camp -- Regeneration -- The General -- Civil affairs -- Persia -- Ice cream -- Baklava -- Pagoda -- The supervisory committee -- High command -- Death of a hero -- Friday prayers -- And would not stay for an answer -- Resolutions -- Blood money -- Resignation -- Summit -- Iraqi pastoral -- Al-Mutanabi street -- Rural rides -- Deputy -- The paths that lead to destruction -- Import substitution industrialization -- Jobs -- Mutiny -- Sheikhs -- Precautions -- The Islamic call -- Sadrines -- Majority and minority -- Poet -- Our successors -- Departures -- Trust -- A new chief -- Death by the office wall -- Credibility -- Nasiriyah -- Arrivals -- Morning meeting -- A second governor -- Sage of the assembly -- Mudhif -- Ali Zeidi -- Police -- Echoes from the frontiers -- Kidnapped -- Rewarding friends -- Foreign elements -- Return to the Green Zone -- The rule of law -- Besieged -- The quick reaction force -- Kabul -- Reprise -- Final days -- Leaders -- Last days in Amara -- Handing over -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments. School Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly. Kirkus Starred. Rory Stewart recounts the experiences he had during the eleven months he served as deputy governor of two provinces in the remote, impoverished marsh regions of southern Iraq. Adult Follett Library Resources. Adult. 20120307. Stewart, Rory Travel. Iraq Description and travel. Iraq Social life and customs 20th century. Iraq Social life and customs. British Iraq. British. Harvest book.