AFRICAN QUEEN: Bantam Books #712
by Forester, C. S. [Cecil Scott]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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Synopsis
The African Queen is the story of a jerry-rigged attack on a German gunboat in Central Africa during the early days of World War I. An important subplot is the love story between the Charlie Allnutt, captain of the small launch named The African Queen, and Rose Sayer, the sister and companion of an Anglican missionary who dies in the first part of the novel. Rose's personality is the driving force of the attack, and the novel. Interestingly, the original UK edition has a happy ending, with the couple surviving to be married, but in the US edition, Allnutt dies during the attack. -
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- Shoemaker Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 485PB
- Title
- AFRICAN QUEEN: Bantam Books #712
- Author
- Forester, C. S. [Cecil Scott]
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVELS MILITARY HISTORY WORLD WAR I 1914 1918 FIRST WORLD WAR GREAT WAR WWI WARFARE WORLD HISTORY CENTRAL AFRICA WOMEN MISSIONARIES MAN-WOMAN RELATIONSHIPS FICTIONAL CHARACTERS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER SAYER ROSE SAYER SAMUEL ALLNUT
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