Travel in the White Man's Grave

Travel in the White Man's Grave
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Publisher : Little Brown GBR
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 0349114358
ISBN-13 : 9780349114354
Rating : 4/5 (354 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Travel in the White Man's Grave by : Donald MacIntosh

Download or read book Travel in the White Man's Grave written by Donald MacIntosh and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 2001-07-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Posted to Nigeria in 1954, the author, a Scottish forester, spent the next thirty years traveling through the "white man's grave"--The vast, mysterious, primeval forests of West and Central Africa. He heard tales of ancient Africa from the lips of hunters, fishermen and witch doctors; encountered the incredible creatures of the forest, from the magficent leopard to the homicidal buffalo;and befriended a range of remarkable and eccentric characters such as "Old Man Africa"," Magic T. Sperm", "Famous Sixpence" and "Pisspot". With the forests now sadly decimated, this is a rare, poignant and sometimes hilarious glimpse into Africa's vanished past.


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