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Download or read book White Man s Grave written by Richard Dooling and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Peace Corps volunteer Michael Killigan goes missing in West Africa, his father Randall and his best friend Boone Westfall begin separate quests to find him. Randall, a bankruptcy lawyer, is the warlord of his world, a shark in a fishbowl, exercising power with mad, relentless, hilarious glee; Boone, an American innocent abroad, journeys to the African bush, protected by the twin charms of the passport and the almighty dollar. In seeking Michael, both men find much more than they bargain for.
Download or read book White Man s Grave written by Richard Dooling and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1995 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Michael goes missing in Africa, the search to find him is launched separately by his father, Randall, and Michael's friend, Boone. Boone's search leads him to the bush, where he is introduced to the dubious aspects of bush life, and Randall's efforts seem to be hampered by the supernatural.
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Download or read book The White Man s Grave Volume 1 written by F. Harrison Rankin and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... 223 CHAPTER XX. VISIT TO THE COUNTRY OF THE TIMMANEES. Departure for Magbelly.--River Voyage.--Arrival at Magbelly.--A novel reception.--Da-boo.--Sago. --His departure for the Foulah capital.--A Queen cook.--King Ali Carlie.--A Negro chancellor.-- A Timmaneetown Dress.--Feteeshand charms. --Armour of a Timmanee warrior.--Polygamy.-- Ansumana Camera. -- Management of wives.-- A hint.--Occupations of wives.--Pa Souba.--His magical beard An accident.--Ali Mama Caba.-- --King of Rokel Religious conversation.--Town of Rokel.-- Cunto Moro.--Value of a tall viceroy '-r- Negro warfare. -- Fatalism. -- A black man's opinions of whites Customs. "The African has been pointed out as the connecting link between the Homo Sapiens and his supposed originator, the Ouran-Outang." My indefatigable crew continued pulling at the oars from morning to night without cessation, or other refreshment than the customary cold rice and water. We passed, without landing, many native villages on each side of the stream; amongst them Rosa and Maharra, mentioned by Major Laing. Several "slave towns,"--collections of huts solely inhabited by slaves, * and the property of wealthy or warlike Timmanees, --were shown me. As from time to time we came in sight of villages, the dark and wildlooking inhabitants flocked together upon the banks to gaze on the white man, whose own curiosity sympathized with theirs. About five hours above Tombo, a large and apparently important town spread its huts on the summit of the left bank of the river. It afforded the first specimen of negro fortification I had yet witnessed. The low wicker wall, coarsely mudded, which ran round its entire circumference, * A Timmanee humanely, and with good policy, often gives a town and district to his slaves....
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