Uncommon traveler : Mary Kingsley in Africa /
A brief biography of the self-educated nineteenth-century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893 and 1894 and learned much about the area and its inhabitants.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Houghton Mifflin,
2000.
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| Summary: | A brief biography of the self-educated nineteenth-century Englishwoman who, after a secluded childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored West Africa in 1893 and 1894 and learned much about the area and its inhabitants. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Awards: | American Library Association Notables, 2001. Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies, 2001. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0618002731 |