The African Adventure: Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the 'Dangerous Continent'
by Severin, Timothy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525051104
- ISBN 13
- 9780525051107
- Seller
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Pittsford, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1973. 1st. hardcover. Tall 8vo, 288 pp. .
Synopsis
African Adventure is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.
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- Bookseller
- Abacus Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS043019I
- Title
- The African Adventure: Four Hundred Years of Exploration in the 'Dangerous Continent'
- Author
- Severin, Timothy
- Illustrator
- Profusely illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy in fine dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0525051104
- ISBN 13
- 9780525051107
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
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