About the Author

Steven C. Caton is Professor of Modern Arab Society in the Department of Anthropology at Harvard University and the author of Peaks of Yemen I Summon: Poetry as Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe (California, 1990).

Reviews

"This distinguished book measures the profound impact David Lean's widescreen masterpiece has had on the author--and on audiences--for almost four decades. . . . An inspiring companion to a film that is equally spellbinding, "Lawrence of Arabia is a fascinating study."--"Filmbill