THE STRONG BROWN GOD - THE STORY OF THE NIGER RIVER
by De Gramont, Sanche
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
From the cover: “They crossed impossible deserts. They were assaulted by thieves and left for dead. They went mad. They murdered. They starved. Allies in a hard and lonely mission, they quarrelled and accused each other of homosexuality, living in separate tents and communicating by letter. They ran out of water and drank their own blood to stay alive.The Strong Brown God is the true story of a handful of obsessed explorers who fought man and nature to find and open the mighty, mysterious Niger River as little as one hundred years ago. “A magnificent book”, raved the San Francisco Examiner when Houghton Mifflin first published it in 1976. Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanche de Gramont has written an epic history with a racing pulse - a history that makes the same lasting impression on the reader that it made on the fate of West Africa.”
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 035377
- Title
- THE STRONG BROWN GOD - THE STORY OF THE NIGER RIVER
- Author
- De Gramont, Sanche
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- NIger River, Exploration
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
Visa, MasterCard accepted. 5% GST will be added to Canadian orders. All books guaranteed as described and may be returned within 2 or 3 days of receipt and notification. Restocking charges may apply. Shipping costs are the responsibility of the buyer. We Track every parcel..
About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
About J. Wyatt Books
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...