It is an amazing life about Wilfred Thesiger. He has crossed the Empty Quarter of Arabian desert. He lived with marsh Arabs in southern Iraq, and published many books.
He was born in a mud building in Addis Ababa, 1911. His father is a diplomat. He learned to ride when he was 3 years old and he was interested in hunting when he was 4 years old, then he went to school when he was 8 years old, and his school was in England.
23 years old, he found source of Awash River in Abyssinia, and explored Tibesti Mountains of Chad- hunting period. He shot lions, buffalo and elephants he also killed a hippo with a spear.
He fought in African in World War two then with Druse horsemen in Syria. In 1950s he travelled in Pakistan and Afghanistan, he always tool photos and kept a diary, after that he published a book about his experience.
He returned to England from Kenya and he has lived nursing home near London since 1990s. He had a lot of operations on his eyes, but he is still strong.
He never married with anybody, never wanted any children, because he think that should be too expensive and he never regretted about it.
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