River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / Candice Millard.
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| Location | Call Number | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Homer Public Library | ACQ37036 | ACQ37036 | New Books | Place on copy / volume | On order | - |
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385543101 : HRD
- ISBN: 0385543107 : HRD
- Physical Description: xii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2022]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-328) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Some Gallant Heart -- A Blaze of Light -- Shadows -- Bond for our Blood -- The Abban -- The Enemy is Upon Us -- What Might Have Been, What Would Have Been -- Into the Mouth of Hell -- What a Curse is a Heart -- Horror Vacui -- Bombay -- Death Was Written-- An Old Enemy -- Tanganyika -- To the End of the World -- Fury -- The Knives are Sheathed -- 'Twas me he shot -- An Exile's Dream -- Hard as a Brick -- The Malignant Tongues of Friends -- The Prince -- Damn Their Souls -- Neston Park -- The Weary HeartGrows Cold. |
| Summary, etc.: | Set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers, a story of courage and adventure brings to life the rivalry between two enemies--a decorated soldier, and a young aristocrat and Army officer--as they set out to find the mysterious headwaters of the Nile River. |
