Description
| Product ID: | 9780571210268 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Dust Diaries |
| Authors: | Author: Owen Sheers |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Biography: general, Biography: general, African history, History, Travel writing, African history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Travel writing, Zimbabwe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father''s study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. Compelled by the description of Cripps'' extraordinary life in Africa, Sheers embarks on a journey through contemporary Zimbabwe in an attempt to better understand his ancestor''s devotion to the country and its people and the dramatic, often bloody, differences that echo across the years. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-03-03 |