Travels in West Africa

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Humor & Entertainment

Kingsley, Mary H.

Humor

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Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes.

Travels in West Africa (Everyman Classics Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Everymans Library

This superb autobiographical classic recounts the remarkable journeys undertaken by a sheltered Victorian woman who ventured alone into the territory of known cannibals in order to continue her father's studies in West Africa. She made two journeys to West Africa: the first in 1893 at the age of thirty-one, and the second in 1894-5. First published in 1897, this account was an immediate success.

Travels in West Africa (Everyman's Library)

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Upon her sudden freedom from family obligations, a sheltered Victorian spinster traded her stifling middle-class existence for an incredible expedition in the Congo. Mary Kingsley traversed uncharted regions of West Africa alone, on foot, collecting specimens of local fauna and trading with natives--a remarkable feat in any era, but particularly for a woman of the 1890s. After hacking her way through jungles, being fired upon by hostile tribesmen and attacked by wild animals, Kingsley emerged with no complaint more serious than a pair of tired feet. She undertook her exploits in the traditional garb of her era but lived as a native, and she found herself drawn into the life and problems of the region: its diversity of customs and beliefs; its geography and natural history; its trade network; the impact of missionaries; and many other issues of the day. Her account of her experiences, suffused with an infectious good humor, was published to immediate success in 1897 and remains a compelling tale of adventure.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Dover Publications

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Travels in West Africa (Large Print Edition)

BiblioLife

First published in 1897, Kingsley strove to understand African societies from within.

Travel in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons

Travel

Routledge

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Travels in West Africa (Makers of Empire Series)

Grylls, R. Glynn

Science & Math

Transatlantic Arts

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Travels In West Africa

Community & Culture

Kessinger Publishing

Echo Library

Travels in West Africa: Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons

Africa

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