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Item Details
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BLOOD RIVER
A JOURNEY TO AFRICA'S BROKEN HEART |
| By: |
Tim Butcher |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802144330 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802144331 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 2009 |
| Description: |
"Blood River" offers a compulsively readable account of a journey to the Congo--a country virtually inaccessible to the outside world--vividly told by a daring and adventurous journalist. |
| Synopsis: |
Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom and named a "Richard & Judy" Book Club selectionthe only work of nonfiction on the 2008 list"Blood River" is the harrowing and audacious story of Tim Butcher s journey in the Congo and his retracing of legendary explorer H. M. Stanley s famous 1874 expedition in which he mapped the Congo River. When "Daily Telegraph" correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the legendary Congo River and the idea of recreating Stanley s journey along the three-thousand-mile waterway. Despite warnings that his plan was suicidal, Butcher set out for the Congo s eastern border with just a backpack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurer. An utterly absorbing narrative that chronicles Butcher s forty-four-day journey along the Congo River, "Blood River" is an unforgettable story of exploration and survival." |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations, maps |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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