ONE DRY SEASON: In the Footsteps of Mary Kingsley. by Alexander, Caroline - 1990.

New York:: Alfred A. Knopf,, 1990.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. First book by this Florida born author, one in which she tells of her journey into Gabon in West Africa, almost a century after Mary Kingsley, then 30, who ventured into this area in 1893 - "a region notorious for its deadly climate and diseases, its alarming wildlife, and its cannibals" - a trip which led to her classic book 'Travels in West Africa.'. . "Armed with Kingsley's book and maps, her own background research, and a store of determination, the author trekked through bamboo forests and villages of mud huts, . . Juxtaposing the colorful details of her days with the writings of a vast cast of explorers from a century before, she weaves a verbal tapestry that tells of her deepening affection for the Gabonese and growing admiration for the exploits of her 19th-century forebear." (Publishers' Weekly) Map frontispiece, bibliography. 290 pp..