The Desert Vet: How A City Boy Became A Bedouin Nomad And Spent Thirty Years Caring For A Menagerie Of Camels And Other Exotic Creatures

Author: Alex Tinson

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  • : Allen & Unwin
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  • : June 2016
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : Australia
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  • : July 2016
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Description

Alex Tinson is a St Ives-born vet who was literally plucked from the Australian outback to become chief vet in charge of the United Arab Emirates President's racing camels. He was given one mission: to make the President's camels the best in the UAE and, indeed, all of Arabia. Along the way he also cared for a menagerie of most unusual animals from pet cheetahs and monkeys to strange desert lizards. It has also given him a rare entree into the life of the uber-rich Gulf Royal families and the world of the Bedouins...This is the story of an extraordinarily successful and adventurous expatriate Australian. Compelling and intriguing, it takes you into a world that few have entered before.

Author description

ALEX TINSON has lived and worked in the Unietd Arab Emirates as a vet for nearly thirty years...DAVID HARDAKER is a television producer and a Walkley award winning journalist. He is a former ABC Middle East Correspondent and has lived and worked in Egypt.