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The Ghost and the Darkness

by Dewey Gram · 1996

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Based on the true story, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, this novelization tells the story of two renowned hunters' attempts to track and kill a pair of man-eating lions—one ghostly white, the other black as night—who terrorized workers building a bridge in the heart of Africa's wildlands in 1888. The Paramount Pictures film set in Africa stars Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer.

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1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisAfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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