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The White Nile [Buy it!] | Moorehead Alan | USD 7.50 (Wed May 22 11:00:11 2024) | Biblio | LEFT COAST BOOKS | New York: Vintage Books; Random House, Date: 1983. 320 pages, 24 pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. "It's been called the greatest geographical secret since the discovery of America: the source of the Nile. For centuries, adventurers and explorers have searched in vain for this mysterious place. Now, Alan Moorehead journeys back in time to follow these people in their quest for the origin of the mighty African river. Join him and meet the Khedive Ismail, Sir Richard Burton, King Mutesa of Buganda, and Stanley, the American journalist who found fame-and Livingstone-along the way." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 1983. Vintage Books; Random House ISBN 0394714458 9780394714455 [US] |