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One beat of a butterfly's heart : a Tanganyika police notebook /
In this book we are given a unique view of East Africa of the 1950s; not the stereotyped picture of wildlife safaris and leaping Masai, but the emerging independence struggle of a new African nation from the viewpoint of a white police officer, in an exceptionally detailed, thoroughly readable, firs...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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South Africa :
30° South Publishers (Pty) Ltd.,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Prologue; Part 1: It was a Secret but it Escaped; Chapter 1: First Impressions; Chapter 2: Great White Chief; Chapter 3: Acclimatisation Blues; Chapter 4: East is East; Chapter 5: Imposter; Chapter 6: Blood, Sweat and Tears; Chapter 7: Background Briefing; Chapter 8: Offer of Employment; Chapter 9: Too Beautiful for Words; Chapter 10: Tribalism; Chapter 11: A Visitor Arrives; Chapter 12: Sudden Light; Chapter 13: Charivari; Chapter 14: Intimate Strangers.
- Chapter 15: Politics, Religion and Sex ... Chapter 16: The Watcher; Chapter 17: Movin' On; Part 2: They Opened a Door for me to Enter; Chapter 18: Disregarding Trivialities; Chapter 19: En Route; Chapter 20: Still En Route; Chapter 21: The Lake; Chapter 22: The Drill; Chapter 23: End of the Earth; Chapter 24: Remoteness; Chapter 25: Under New Management; Chapter 26: Exorcism and Duty; Chapter 27: In the Bush; Chapter 28: The Animal Business; Chapter 29: Riot; Chapter 30: Discipline; Chapter 31: Falling Apart; Chapter 32: On the Mountain; Epilogue.