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04693aam a2200529 i 4500 001 D9806918AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230217010059 008 220510s2023 cauabf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2022022359 020 $a 1503633756 020 $a 9781503633759 020 $a 1503633284 020 $a 9781503633285 035 $a (OCoLC)1293768533 040 $a CSt/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a awba--- 050 00 $a DS125.3.D23 $b N67 2023 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220628 100 1 $a Norris, Jacob, $e author. 245 14 $a The lives and deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub : $b or, how the Bethlehemites discovered Amerka / $c Jacob Norris. 246 30 $a How the Bethlehemites discovered Amerka 264 1 $a Stanford, California : $b Stanford University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a vii, 275 pages, 19 pages of plates : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Worlding the Middle East 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Of a land called Amerka, Or how ammo Hanna was saved by al-Khadr -- Of the hallowed ridge, Or how Jubrail learned to profit from Christmas -- Of Jubrail's forebears, Or the toils of Yousef and Rosa -- In which Bethlehem gets a new street -- Of unruly markets and underwater ships -- Of sunken eyes in a casket, Or how Bethlehem came to be covered in dust -- Of mechanical wonders on near and distant shores -- In search of Amerka -- Of troubles on the Trocadero -- Of the decline of Hosh Dabdoub, Or how Jubrail's schooling came in useful -- Of a street named Rosario -- By the truth of al-Khadr, I went and came back! -- Of white cities and bronze medals -- Of fertility potions and the dizzying heights of success -- Of weeping icons, ghostly armies and visions of the Virgin -- Of the enchanted palaces of Bethlehem -- Of hyenas, serpents and French philanthropists -- Of the resurrection of Jubrail Dabdoub. 520 $a "This is the fantastical, yet real, story of the merchants of Bethlehem, the young men who traveled to every corner of the globe in the 19th century. These men set off on the backs of donkeys with suitcases full of crosses and rosaries, to return via steamship with suitcases stuffed with French francs, Philippine pesos, or Salvadoran colones. They returned with news of mysterious lands and strange inventions-clocks, trains, and other devises that both befuddled and bewitched the Bethlehemites. With newfound wealth, these merchants built shimmering pink mansions that transformed Bethlehem. At the center of these extraordinary occurrences lived Jubrail Dabdoub. The Lives and Deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub tells the story of Jubrail's encounters, from his childhood in rural Bethlehem to later voyages across Europe, East Asia, and the Americas, culminating in a recorded miracle: in 1909, Jubrail was brought back from the dead. To tell such a tale is to delve into the realms of the fantastic and improbable--realms in which the historian rarely treads. Through the story of Jubrail's life, Jacob Norris explores the porous lines between history and fiction, the normal and the paranormal, the everyday and the extraordinary. Drawing on aspects of magical realism combined with elements of Palestinian folklore, Norris recovers the atmosphere of late nineteenth-century Bethlehem: a mood of excitement, disorientation, and wonder surrounding the scores of young men setting off for faraway lands. As the book offers an original approach to historical writing, it captures a fantastic story of global encounter and exchange"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Dabdoub, Jubrail, $d 1860-1931. 600 10 $a Dabdoub, Jubrail, $d 1860-1931 $x Travel. 650 0 $a Merchants $z Bethlehem $z Bethlehem $v Biography. 650 0 $a Palestinian Arabs $z Bethlehem $z Bethlehem $v Biography. 650 0 $a Palestinian Arabs $x History $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Bethlehem $x History $y 19th century. 650 7 $a Merchants. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01017057 650 7 $a Palestinian Arabs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01051590 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 7 $a West Bank $z Bethlehem. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219551 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Norris, Jacob. $t Lives and deaths of Jubrail Dabdoub. $d Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2023 $z 9781503633766 $w (DLC) 2022022360 830 0 $a Worlding the Middle East. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117033052.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D9806918AE9011EDA0B1416654ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search