Author: Kiser, John W

When Abd el-Kader died in 1883, the New York Times hailed him as "one of the few great men of the century." El-Kader won the hearts of his sworn enemies, the French, invaders of his Algerian homeland. His fame reached its summit after he saved the lives of thousands of Christians during a Turkish rampage in Damascus. Elkader, Iowa, is named for him. This book is both a biography of the warrior - saint and a history of the anti-colonial resistance he led in the mid-1800s. 400 pp.