An affair with Africa : expeditions and adventures across a continent / Alzada Carlisle Kistner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kistner, Alzada Carlisle.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kistner, Alzada Carlisle--Travel--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Kistner, Alzada Carlisle.

Staphylinidae--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Staphylinidae.

Army ants--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Army ants.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Description and travel.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In June 1960, a young faculty wife named Alzada Kistner and her husband David, a promising entomologist, left their 18-month old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four month scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; First Word; Part I: First Expedition; Ch 1: Ants Everywhere: Belgian Congo; CH 2: Uhuru

Freedom: Republic of the Congo; Ch 3: Plans Revised: Kenya; Part II: Second Expedition; Ch 4: Dripping Army Ants: Liberia; Ch 5: Wa-Wa

West Africa Wins Again: Ivory Coast; Part III: Third Expedition; Ch 6: Collecting a Trois: South Africa; Ch 7: German Shadows: Tanzania; Part IV: Fourth Expedition; Ch 8: A Classic Expedition: Rhodesia; Ch 9: East Africa in Transition: Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda; Part V: Fifth Expedition; Ch 10: Travel by Sea

The African Lightning; Ch 11: Sand and More Sand: South-West Africa/ Namibia; Ch 21: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: Angola; Ch 13: Family Matters; Ch 14: Last Great Safari: Botswana; Last Word

Notes:

"A Shearwater book"--T.p. verso.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-59726-832-1

1-4175-9421-7

OCLC:

923186768