Ratings
Rated: 5 times. Average rating 4.60
Description
The author recounts his perilous quest through the Congo as he retraced the 1874 expedition of explorer H.M. Stanley to map the Congo River, traveling by an assortment of vehicles, and aided by characters ranging from U.N. aid workers to a pygmy-rights advocate.
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