Uncommon Traveler

Uncommon Traveler
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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages : 37
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ISBN-10 : 9780547349596
ISBN-13 : 0547349599
Rating : 4/5 (599 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Uncommon Traveler by : Don Brown

Download or read book Uncommon Traveler written by Don Brown and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2003-08-25 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Kingsley spent her childhood in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden, her father rarely home, and Mary served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant. Not until she was thirty years old did Mary get her chance to explore the world she’d read about in her father’s library. In 1893, she arrived in West Africa, where she encountered giant Xying insects, crocodiles, hippos, and brutal heat. Mary endured the hardships of the equatorial country—and thrived.


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