Record Number: 33570
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We continued riding towards Leijun over the flat, stony plateau with scarcely a shrub to break the monotony. It was so monotonous that I read an "Argosy" Magazine to pass the time as I rode along on my camel.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1938
Country:Yemen
Timedaytime
Place:city: near Leijun
Leijun
open air
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:24 Jan 1906
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Wife of the British political agent of Aden and daughter of the Liberal Home Secretary, Edward Shortt
Writer, traveller, Arabist, and aide to the political agent in Aden
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Argosy Magazine
Genre:Fiction, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33570
Source:Doreen Ingrams
Editor:n/a
Title:A Time in Arabia: Life in Hadhramaut
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2013
Vol:n/a
Page:136
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2013 new edition. First publication in London by John Murray, 1970.
Citation:
Doreen Ingrams, A Time in Arabia: Life in Hadhramaut, (London, 2013), p. 136, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33570, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
Doreen Constance Ingrams nee Shortt (1906-1997) was the wife of the British political agent Harold Ingrams. In this trip she travelled in camel convoy with seven soldiers of the Hadhrami Beduin Legion from Mukalla to Seiyun across the Reidat al Ma'ara desert, a journey of over 500 miles.
