Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
by Brown, Don
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus
- ISBN 10
- 0618002731
- ISBN 13
- 9780618002733
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
In 1870, an eight-year-old girl named Mary Kingsley lived in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden and her father was rarely home. Mary did not go to school. She served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant, for years. In 1893 Mary traveled to West Africa and proceeded to embark on an astonishing journey of discovery. In her high-necked blouse, long skirt, and Victorian boots, she endured the brutal heat and hardships of Africa, and thrived. With luminous watercolors and a lively text, Don Brown tells the fascinating story of a most uncommon woman.
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- Bookseller
- Lindenlea Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006640
- Title
- Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa
- Author
- Brown, Don
- Illustrator
- Brown, Don
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0618002731
- ISBN 13
- 9780618002733
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2000
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Don Brown, Mary Henrietta Kingslay - Juvenile Literature, Explorers - West Africa - Biography - Juvenile Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's; Biography and Autobiography;
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