Wagner, Heather Lehr. <br/><br/>
Gertrude Bell :  explorer of the Middle East / 
Heather Lehr Wagner ; introduction: Milbry Polk. 
 - Philadelphia :  Chelsea House,  c2004. 
 - xvi, 116 p. :  ill., maps (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
 - Women explorers .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 104-105) and index. 
<br/><br/>The mark of the desert -- Childhood memories -- The colors of the East -- The voice of the wind -- The romance of the desert -- Intelligence officer -- A new nation -- Stateswoman and advisor. 
<br/><br/> Chronicles the life of Gertrude Bell, the Englishwoman who explored the Middle East in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and played an important role in the founding of Iraq, helping to choose its first king and creating the Baghdad Museum. 
<br/><br/> Young Adult  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>079107711X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003026136 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bell, Gertrude Lowthian, 1868-1926. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Travelers--Biography.<br/>Stateswomen--Biography.<br/>Women--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Description and travel.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS208  / .W34 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>956/.02/092  B