Looking for Lovedu: Days and Nights in Africa [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Jones, Ann

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ISBN 10: 0375405542 ISBN 13: 9780375405549

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 2001

Riassunto

The acclaimed travel writer describes her and a companion's dangerous, adventure-filled odyssey through Africa in search of the Lovedu, a legendary tribe ruled by a rainmaking queen who became the inspiration for Haggard's She, detailing their experiences as they journeyed from the deserts of North Africa to South Africa. 20,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"This is one of the most winning accounts of a journey across Africa I ever hope to read, laced through as it is with the warm, witty intelligence of a narrator whose Land Rover I, for one, would gladly be a passenger in any time she cares to repeat the adventure."

L'autore:

Ann Jones graduated from the University of Wisconsin. She received an M.A. from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Ms. Jones also studied at the University of Vienna. Her travel essays and photographs have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, among them the New York Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Condé Nast Traveler, Town & Country, Women's Sports & Fitness, Outside, and Spur. She is the author of five books. Ann Jones lives in New York's Hudson River Valley.

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375405542
• ISBN 13: 9780375405549
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 268