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Book Condition: Used Very good in brown cloth with dark brown lettering (some wear to the edges of the boards and the corners, but overall a clean an
Jacket condition: brown cloth with dark brown lettering (some wear to the edges of the boards and the corners, but overall a clean and tight copy)
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About Item: New York:: Farrar & Rinehart, , (1930). Hardcover -. Very good in brown cloth with dark brown lettering (some wear to the edges of the boards and the corners, but overall a clean and tight copy), no dust jacket. . Early printing. Fred Puleston ran away from home at 17 and went to Africa as an agent for Hattan & Cookson he stayed there off and on for 14 years: 1882 to 1896. This book - which describes those experiences - includes some surprising statements - For example "All white men (except missionaries) of his acquaintance in the Congo had black 'harems'."[one to three native girls - he approved the custom.] Cannibalism was common among the blacks; three of Agent Puleston's friends were eaten. Twice he met Explorer Stanley, "discoverer" of Livingstone. Other chapters deal with witch doctors, and in one he contrasts slavery in Africa as practiced by Africans versus that of white men, whom he accuses of turning two islands into "hell holes."… Read More
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