Travels in West Africa (Everyman's Library)
By Mary Kingsley.
Description
No European woman had ventured where Kingsley would venture, and no man either. In defiance of Victorian notions about women's roles, she journeyed through West Africa, climbed mountains, experienced harrowing adventures, dwelled among cannibals, and lived to write one of the most admired books of high adventure of all time. First published in 1897 Appreciation of Mary Kingsley by Evan Connell New maps 280pp - from Amzon
ISBN(s)
0460871692, 9780460871693
