Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood
by Slaughter, Carolyn
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375413979
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413971
- Seller
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Ventura, California, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, 2002-05-07. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 in x 8.7000 in x 6.2000 in. First page torn out. Dust jacket in very good condition.
Synopsis
Carolyn Slaughter was born in New Delhi, India, and spent most of her childhood in the Kalahari Desert of what is now Botswana. Soon after leaving Africa in 1961, she wrote what would later become her highly acclaimed novel Dreams of the Kalahari . She followed this with eight more novels. After living for many years in London, she moved to the United States with her family in 1986.
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- Bookseller
- Abednego Book Shoppe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- mon0000785010
- Title
- Before the Knife: Memories of an African Childhood
- Author
- Slaughter, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0375413979
- ISBN 13
- 9780375413971
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002-05-07
- Size
- 1.0000 in x 8.7000 in x 6.2000 i
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book;
- X weight
- 0.6500 lb
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