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Item Information       More Content     More by this author     Young, Alan R.     Subjects     Teachers -- Kenya -- Biography.     Teachers -- Africa, East -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers -- Africa, East -- Biography.     College teachers -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.     Chelmsford (England) -- Biography.     Africa, East -- Description and travel.     Africa, East -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Young, Alan R.       by title:      Roads taken : a memo...       by call number:      378.12 Y68r     Search the Web     Young, Alan R.     Teachers -- Kenya -- Biography.     Teachers -- Africa, East -- Biography.     Adventure and adventurers -- Africa, East -- Biography.     College teachers -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.     Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.     Chelmsford (England) -- Biography.     Africa, East -- Description and travel.     Africa, East -- Biography.       MARC Display

Roads taken : a memoir / Alan R. Young. by Young, Alan R. Mereo Books, 2014. Call #: 378.12 Y68r Subjects Teachers -- Kenya -- Biography.   Teachers -- Africa, East -- Biography.   Adventure and adventurers -- Africa, East -- Biography.   College teachers -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.   Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Biography.   Chelmsford (England) -- Biography.   Africa, East -- Description and travel.   Africa, East -- Biography. ISBN:  9781861512956 (pbk.) Description:  397 p., [21] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm. Summary:  A child of the Second World War, Alan Young developed two passions early in life; music and literature. In his twenties, having flunked an interview for the BBC, he decided to leave the world of academia behind and seek adventure in East Africa, using his academic experience to teach native Kenyans under the Teachers for East Africa scheme and becoming, briefly, an Outward Bound instructor helping to lead a party up Kilimanjaro. This memoir is his account of those vividly remembered days in a strange land which became a second home to him and where he made friends from all races and backgrounds. Alan Young is Professor Emeritus of Acadia University in Nova Scotia. His recent books are Hamlet and the Visual Arts, 1709-1900 and Punch and Shakespeare in the Victorian Era, and a recent project is www.opheliapopularculture.com an online essay and website. Genre:  Autobiographies. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information No Item Information

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