Winters in Algeria

Description

In the 1870s, American painter Frederick Bridgman traveled from his home in Paris to Algiers. Although he traveled to paint, his journeys so impressed him that he produced a written account that appeared in "Harpers Monthly." That account became the basis of this book. His travelogue describes the people and customs, the layout of the towns, the celebration of the Muslim religion, the black community in an Islamic context, and the legends of the people of historic Algeria. CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS I. THE " WHITE DOVE " II. THE STRANGERS' QUARTER III. POPULAR ALGIERS IV. THE PEOPLE V. COSTUMES AND CUSTOMS VI. NEIGHBORS VII. THE STREETS VIII. INCIDENTAL CHARACTERIZATION IX. WHERE I PITCHED MY EASEL X . THE MOSQUES XI. MOSLEM SHRINES AND LAW COURTS XII. A FESTIVAL XIII. THE NEGRO COMMUNITY XIV. TO LA TRAPPE XV. IN THE BATHS XVI. A TRIP TO TLEMÇEN XVIII. WANDERINGS IN THE TOWN XIX. ABOUT THE CHILDREN XX. BOU-MEDINE XXI. MILOUD XXII. MARRIAGE CEREMONIES XXIII. THE LEGEND OF AIN-EL-HOUTZ XXIV. RETURN AND FAREWELL TO ALGIERS XXV. INTO KABYLIA XXVI. TO AND FROM TUNIS XXVII. FROM BONA TO CONSTANTINE XXVIII. ON THE WAY TO BISKRA XXIX. ARRIVAL AT BISKRA XXX. DUELS XXXI. IN THE VILLAGES AROUND BISKRA XXXII. A SIROCCO XXXIII. SCENES FROM LIFE IN THE SAHARA XXXIV. AN IMPORTANT OASIS XXXV. EXCURSION INTO THE DESERT XXXVI. TOLGA AND NEIGHBORING VILLAGES XXXVII. EXPERIENCE IN A SAND-STORM