ENTER GAMBIA The Birth of an Improbable Nation
by Rice, Berkeley
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket
- Seller
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Elwood, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin Co.. Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; "During a tour in West Africa as correspondent for Newsweek, Berkeley Rice spent more than six months in Gambia. His report brings us a fresh, irreverent look at the problems and pretenses of independence, and a compassionate view of the untrained Gambians and unappreciated British officials who are trying to turn this ill-equipped, impoverished former colony into a viable member of the family of nations." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 389 pages .
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- Bookseller
- The Story Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29282
- Title
- ENTER GAMBIA The Birth of an Improbable Nation
- Author
- Rice, Berkeley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; First Printing
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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