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Bill Bryson's African diary : a short trip for a worthy cause

Bryson, Bill2016
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Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of humankind, is a land of stunning landscapes, famous game reserves, and a vibrant culture, but it also has many serious problems, including refugees, AIDS, drought and grinding poverty. It also provides plenty to worry a nervous traveller like Bill Bryson: hair-raising rides in light aircraft, tropical diseases, snakes, insects and large predators. Bryson casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary, though short in length, contains all his trademark laugh-out-loud wit, wry observation and curious insight.
Author:
Bryson, Bill, author
Imprint:
London : Doubleday, 2016.
Collation:
63 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 19 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2002.
ISBN:
9780857524201 (hbk)
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
892634
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