Carl Reinhard Raswan (1893–1966)
Author of Black Tents of Arabia
About the Author
Works by Carl Reinhard Raswan
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- Canonical name
- Raswan, Carl Reinhard
- Legal name
- Raswan, Carl Reinhard
- Other names
- Schmidt, Carl Reinhard (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1893-03-07
- Date of death
- 1966-10-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Short biography
- " Carl Schmidt, his name by birth was given up when his horse RASWAN was killed. At that time he said: "RASWAN shall not die -I shall write under his name." He then had his name legally changed to Raswan in memory of a horse."
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- Works
- 11
- Members
- 81
- Popularity
- #222,754
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 19
- Languages
- 2
Raswan's language has the ability to take the reader on his adventurous journey. In Black Tents of Arabia he had a way of describing sights and sounds that brought his wild experiences to life. Here's one of my favorites, "In our tumble-down car there were now no less that seven men: Ibrahim, Ali, two Bedouin rafiqs, two soldiers, and myself; also a gazelle, a greyhound, and two hens. We were packed like sardines: we had to hold on to anything that we could and change grips when the hand threatened to go to sleep. But with thirteen arms interlaced (Ibrahim's free arm controlled the steering-wheel) we prevented the car from falling apart, nor could any passenger fall out without the knowledge of the others" (p 122).… (more)