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" To the heart of the Nile : "
Pat Shipman.
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BL
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984246
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b738616
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| Main Entry
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Shipman, Pat,1949-
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To the heart of the Nile : : Lady Florence Baker and the exploration of central Africa /\ Pat Shipman.
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1st Perennial ed.
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New York :: HarperCollins Pub.,, 2005, ©2004.
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xviii, 428 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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0060505559
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: 0060505575
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: 9780060505554
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: 9780060505578
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-412) and index.
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| Contents
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I am not a slave -- Shots, knives, yells, corpses, and fire -- Like a hawk after a mouse -- A girl from the harem -- So absurd an errand -- Heart of a lion -- Sitt, I be your boy -- A perfect hell -- Are the men willing to march? -- A gorilla in London -- Tock-tock-tock -- The water cabbages are moving -- My legs are but useless things -- Life so uncertain here -- A courageous lady -- Supreme and absolute power -- My lady and I shall proceed alone -- Not a gentleman in the whole of Africa -- The legendary reputation for Amazonian qualities -- That disgraceful outrage -- You promised you would never return without me -- How can I live? -- March 11, 1916.
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Baker, Florence
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Baker, Samuel White,1821-1893.
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Baker, Florence
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Baker, Samuel White,1821-1893
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Explorers-- Africa, Central, Biography.
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Explorers-- Nile River, Biography.
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Women explorers-- Africa, Central, Biography.
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Women explorers-- Nile River, Biography.
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Discoveries in geography.
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Explorers.
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Women explorers.
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Africa, Central, Discovery and exploration.
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Nile River, Discovery and exploration.
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Central Africa.
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Nile River.
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916.761041092
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DT117.B14S55 2005
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