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Blood River: The Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Country
Contributor(s): Butcher, Tim (Author)

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ISBN: 0802144330     ISBN-13: 9780802144331
Publisher: Grove Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
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Annotation: "Blood River" offers 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.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Africa - General
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
- Travel | Africa - Central
Dewey: 916.751
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.1" L (0.79 lbs) 384 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Published to rave reviews in the United Kingdom and named a Richard & Judy Book Club selection--the only work of nonfiction on the 2008 list--Blood River is the harrowing and audacious story of Tim Butcher's journey in the Congo and his retracing of legendary explorer H. M. Stanley's famous 1874 expedition in which he mapped the Congo River. When Daily Telegraph correspondent Tim Butcher was sent to Africa in 2000 he quickly became obsessed with the legendary Congo River and the idea of recreating Stanley's journey along the three-thousand-mile waterway. Despite warnings that his plan was suicidal, Butcher set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a backpack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots. Making his way in an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and a dugout canoe, helped along by a cast of characters from UN aid workers to a pygmy rights advocate, he followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian adventurer. An utterly absorbing narrative that chronicles Butcher's forty-four-day journey along the Congo River, Blood River is an unforgettable story of exploration and survival.
 
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