King Peggy : An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspring Story of How She Changed an African Village
by Bartels, Peggielene / Herman, Eleanor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0385534329
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534321
- Seller
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Decatur, Illinois, United States
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Synopsis
PEGGIELENE BARTELS was born in Ghana in 1953 and moved to Washington, DC, in her early twenties to work at Ghana's embassy. She became an American citizen in 1997. In 2008, she was chosen to be king of Otuam, a Ghanaian village of 7,000 people on the west coast of Africa. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, still works at the embassy, and spends several weeks each year in Ghana. ELEANOR HERMAN is the author of three books of women's history, including the New York Times bestseller Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen . Her profile of Peggy was a cover story for the Washington Post Magazine . She lives in McLean, Virginia.
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- Bookseller
- Novel Ideas Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 232015
- Title
- King Peggy : An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspring Story of How She Changed an African Village
- Author
- Bartels, Peggielene / Herman, Eleanor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385534329
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534321
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- 0385534329
- Bookseller catalogs
- African History;
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