Blood River

By - Tim Butcher

Floor - Floor 4

Published - Grove Press, New York, 2008

ISBN 10 - 0099494280

ISBN 13 - 9780099494287

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Travel

Shelf No - 2

Call Number - 916.7510 BUT

Physical Description - Grove Press, New York, 2008

Notes - Includes Index

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"When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to cover Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the idea of recreating H. M. Stanley's famous expedition - but travelling alone. Despite warnings that his plan was 'suicidal', Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vessels including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a campaigning pygmy, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurers. Butcher's journey was a remarkable feat, but the story of the Congo, told expertly and vividly in this book, is more remarkable still."--Back cover.

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