Durbin, John P.

Observations in the East, Chiefly in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor. 2 vols.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845.

John Price Durbin, a devout Methodist and college president, reflects on his travels in Asia Minor, where he followed the route of the Israelites in their flight from Egypt on to the Holy Land, describing both the historical and the contemporary political and cultural scene in the Turkish Empire.

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