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Title Crossing Mandelbaum Gate : coming of age between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978 / Kai Bird.
Author Bird, Kai.
Publication Info. New York : Scribner, 2010.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  B BIRD    Check Shelves
Edition 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Description 424 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's vivid memoir of an American childhood spent in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict in Jerusalem and Saudia Arabia.
Subject Bird, Kai -- Childhood and youth.
Bird, Kai -- Family.
American Colony (Jerusalem) -- Biography.
Jerusalem -- Biography.
Dhahran (Saudi Arabia) -- Biography.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Personal narratives, American.
Jewish-Arab relations -- History -- 20th century.
Consuls -- Family relationships -- Jerusalem.
Consuls -- Family relationships -- Saudi Arabia -- Dhahran.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-1979.
ISBN 9781416544401 (hardcover) : $30.00
1416544402 (hardcover)
9781416544418 (pbk.)
1416544410 (pbk.)