Tales of the African Frontier

Tales of the African Frontier
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ISBN-10 : 157157123X
ISBN-13 : 9781571571236
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Book Synopsis Tales of the African Frontier by : John A. Hunter

Download or read book Tales of the African Frontier written by John A. Hunter and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colorful characters of East Africa's early colonial period walk across the pages of this powerful book by John Hunter and Dan Mannix. Meet Tippu Tib, the greatest of all slave traders and the man who owned the slave responsible for killing the elephant with the biggest tusks ever recorded. Read how Ewart Grogan walked from the Cape to Cairo and how Joseph Thompson faced not only the ferocious Masai but also incredible hardships during his explorations into the interior of East Africa. Find out how John Boyes, elephant poacher extraordinaire, declared himself king of the Wa-Kikuyu and how Robert Foran, the notorious Lado Enclave ivory poacher, cheated Belgian and British authorities alike.


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