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No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Engelsk Paperback
No Picnic on Mount Kenya
Engelsk Paperback

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In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of POW Camp 354, captured in Africa during World War II. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer.

When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea--an outrageous, dangerous, brilliantidea.

Not many people would break out of a POW camp and trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meager rations, and a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef as their most accurate guide. Fewer still would break back into the camp on their return.

This is the remarkable story of three such men--a powerful testament to the human spirit of rebellion and adventure--reissued in a deluxe edition featuring Benuzzi''s own watercolor paintings of the expedition and a final chapter that has never before appeared in English.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
336
ISBN-13:
9780857053770
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0857053779
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
6 okt 2016
Længde:
25mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
Quercus Publishing
Oplagsdato:
6 okt 2016
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge