
When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be
Dianna Wray
Martin Williams.
Princeton UP, 2021.
“I never imagined, when I first embarked on this journey into the heart of the desert, that I would still be seeking answers to these same questions a half century on.”
—From When the Sahara Was Green
–DIANNA WRAY
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