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Butcher, Tim.
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Travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel.
Congo River -- Description and travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History.
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Butcher, Tim.
Travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel.
Congo River -- Description and travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History.
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Blood river : ins dunkle Herz des Kongo [German] /
Tim
Butcher
; aus dem Englischen von Klaus Pemsel.
by
Butcher
,
Tim
.
Frederking & Thaler, 2008.
Call #:
967.51 B983b
Subjects
Travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Description and travel.
Congo River -- Description and travel.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History.
Series
National geographic adventure press ; 340.
ISBN:
9783894058623 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Blood river : a journey to Africa's broken heart [German]
Blood river : Africa [German]
Into the dark heart of Congo [German]
Blood river : a journey to Africa's broken heart.
Description:
339 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Notes:
Translated of : Blood river : a journey to Africa's broken heart.
Text in German.
Translated from the English.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
A compulsively readable account of a journey to the Congo — a country virtually inaccessible to the outside world — vividly told by a daring and adventurous journalist. Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomized the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent. However, its troubles only served to increase the interest of Daily Telegraph correspondent
Tim
Butcher
, who was sent to cover Africa in 2000. Before long he became obsessed with the idea of recreating Stanley’s original expedition — but travelling alone. Despite warnings
Butcher
spent years poring over colonial-era maps and wooing rebel leaders before making his will and venturing to the Congo’s eastern border. He passed through once thriving cities of this country and saw the marks left behind by years of abuse and misrule. Almost, 2,500 harrowing miles later, he reached the Atlantic Ocean, a thinner and a wiser man. Butcher’s journey was a remarkable feat. But the story of the Congo, vividly told in Blood River, is more remarkable still. -- from Goodreads.
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Travel writing.
German language materials.
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967.51 B983b
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