TY - BOOK AU - Asher, Michael TI - Sands of Death SN - 9780753823583 U1 - 916.60423 PY - 2008/// PB - Phoenix KW - Desert survival N1 - In December 1880 a French expedition attempted to map a route for a railway that would stretch from their colony in Algeria right across the Sahara desert to reach their territories in West Africa. This story of treachery, massacre, torture and even cannibalism made headlines around the world ER -