Travels With Fortune An African Adventure

Author : Christina Dodwell
Publisher : Long Riders Guild Press
ISBN 13 : 9781590482131
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels With Fortune written by Christina Dodwell and published by Long Riders Guild Press. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the amazing tale of Christina Dodwell's first adventure: a three-yearjourney through Africa. Recounted with modesty and good humour, it is a storyof great tenacity and incredible courage.

Author : Christina Dodwell
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099246404
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels with Fortune written by Christina Dodwell and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1981 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christina Dodwell
Publisher : W H Allen
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travels with Fortune written by Christina Dodwell and published by W H Allen. This book was released on 1979 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Isaac F. Marcosson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Adventure written by Isaac F. Marcosson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Isaac Frederick Marcosson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021994325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Adventure written by Isaac Frederick Marcosson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaac F. Marcosson recounts his journey through Africa in this thrilling travelogue. The book includes vivid descriptions of his experiences encountering Africa's wildlife and natural landscapes, as well as the people he met along the way. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Isaac Marcosson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781541111158
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Adventure written by Isaac Marcosson and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From earliest boyhood when I read the works of Henry M. Stanley and books about Cecil Rhodes, Africa has called to me. It was not until I met General Smuts during the Great War, however, that I had a definite reason for going there. After these late years of blood and battle America and Europe seemed tame. Besides, the economic war after the war developed into a struggle as bitter as the actual physical conflict. Discord and discontent became the portion of the civilized world. I wanted to get as far as possible from all this social unrest and financial dislocation. So much interest was evinced in the magazine articles which first set forth the record of my journey that I was prompted to expand them into this book. It may enable the reader to discover a section of the one-time Dark Continent without the hardships which I experienced." -I. F. M., New York, April, 1921 "We in the United States are used to hearing that South America is the land of the economic future, and sometimes China is quoted as a potential rival. But after reading Isaac F. Marcosson's comprehensive analysis of the situation in Africa one is thoroughly convinced that the materials for world prosperity are pretty well concentrated in the Dark Continent....It is one of the big travel books of the generation and one of the most important books that has grown out of the war." -The Argonaut "Mr. Marcosson is an indefatigable traveler who studies regions, interprets leaders, and writes fascinating articles. His recent journey through Africa was followed by great numbers of readers of the Saturday Evening Post. His material well justifies the expended form in which it now appears. Thus the book opens with a sketch of General Smuts, who stands today probably from the most conspicuous statesman in the world. From Cape Town Mr. Marcosson proceeded to a study of the regions with which the career of Cecil Rhodes was identified. Perhaps the most interesting chapters are those describing the Congo region, in which present conditions are graphically set forth. Chapters that will interest many Americans are those which narrate the story of Thomas F. Ryan's connection with King Leopold of Belgium in exploiting the resources of the Congo country. The volume in timely, in view of the London conference." -The American Review of Reviews "A record of the author's travels i South and Central Africa. Mr. Marcosson entered Africa at Capetown and his first chapter is a character study of Gen. Smuts, the statesman and premier of South Africa. From Capetown, the author traveled by way of Kimberley, Johannesburg and Pretoria, to Rhodesia where he visited the scenes associated with the life of Cecil Rhodes. From there he passed into the Belgian Congo, following Stanley's trail down the Congo river and thence into the Congo diamond fields and the domain of American enterprise in Central Africa. Mr. Marcosson writes with much enthusiasm of the developments and possibilities of the Congo and of the extent of American interests there." -The Book Review Digest "The author writes interestingly of his travels, for he has the sort of mind that is hospitable to every suggestion of romance and adventure....Interesting as it is as 'an African adventure,' Mr. Marcosson's book is especially valuable for its exposition of the modern commercial development and possibilities of the Congo region." -Booklist "The most interesting chapters are those describing the Congo region, in which present conditions are graphically set forth." -The Times of London Literary Supplement

Author : F. Isaac Marcosson
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 : 9781437856446
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An African Adventure written by F. Isaac Marcosson and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Speake
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135456631
Total Pages : 2100 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literature of Travel and Exploration written by Jennifer Speake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 2100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing more than 600 entries, this valuable resource presents all aspects of travel writing. There are entries on places and routes (Afghanistan, Black Sea, Egypt, Gobi Desert, Hawaii, Himalayas, Italy, Northwest Passage, Samarkand, Silk Route, Timbuktu), writers (Isabella Bird, Ibn Battuta, Bruce Chatwin, Gustave Flaubert, Mary Kingsley, Walter Ralegh, Wilfrid Thesiger), methods of transport and types of journey (balloon, camel, grand tour, hunting and big game expeditions, pilgrimage, space travel and exploration), genres (buccaneer narratives, guidebooks, New World chronicles, postcards), companies and societies (East India Company, Royal Geographical Society, Society of Dilettanti), and issues and themes (censorship, exile, orientalism, and tourism). For a full list of entries and contributors, a generous selection of sample entries, and more, visit the Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia website.

Author : C.W.L. Bulpett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136249125
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King of the Wa-Kikuyu written by C.W.L. Bulpett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the "adventures" of a Yorkshireman, his early life as a sailor, participation in the Matabele War, and his largely succesful attempts to unite the Kikuyu tribe. It was first published in 1911.

Author : Carl Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136720804
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travel Writing written by Carl Thompson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasingly popular genre – addressing issues of empire, colonialism, post-colonialism, globalization, gender and politics – travel writing offers the reader a movement between the familiar and the unknown. In this volume, Carl Thompson: introduces the genre, outlining competing definitions and key debates provides a broad historical survey from the medieval period to the present day explores the autobiographical dimensions of the form looks at both men and women’s travel writing, surveying a range of canonical and more marginal works, drawn from both the colonial and postcolonial era utilises both British and American travelogues to consider the genre's role in shaping the history of both nations. Concise and practical, Travel Writing is the ideal introduction for those new to the subject, as well as a crucial overview of current debates in the field.