A white king in East Africa

the remarkable adventures of John Boyes, trader and soldier of fortune, who became king of the savage Wa-Kikuyu

by John Boyes

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Published 1912 by McBride, Nast & Company in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

Kikuyu (African people)

Edition Notes

Classifications
Statement	written by himself, ed. by C.W.L. Bulpett; with twelve illustrations and a map
Contributions	Bulpett, C. W. L., ed
LC Classifications	DT434.E2 B7
The Physical Object
Pagination	xv, 320 p.
Number of Pages	320
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL24889848M
LC Control Number	14000192
OCLC/WorldCa	2958878

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Title: A White King in East Africa The Remarkable Adventures of John Boyes, Trader and Soldier of Fortune, who became King of the Savage Wa-Kikuyu Author: John Boyes Editor: C. Bulpett Release Date: February 8, [EBook #] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A WHITE KING IN EAST AFRICA.

CHAPTER I_A White King in East Africa_经典英文小说 Early youth—I run away to sea on a fishing-boat—Hardships of the life—Take service on a tugboat—Life on board a tramp—First view of tropical African coast—A collision at sea—Land at Durban, CHAPTER XI,A White King in East Africa,经典英文小说 as mentioned earlier in the book, are sometimes as large as a condensed milk tin, and are worn passed through holes specially made in the lobe of the ear.

The practice is to pierce the lobe of the boys’ ears some time in early childhood, and from that time onwards the aperture then. CHAPTER II,A White King in East Africa,经典英文小说. I work my way up-country to Matabeleland—Employed as fireman on an engine—Reach Johannesburg—Trek the rest of the way to Bulawayo—Take service in the Matabeleland Mounted Police—Join the Africander Corps engaged in putting down the rebellion—Go into trade in Bulawayo—Return to the coast—I.

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The man to whom the episodes narrated in this book refer has been personally known to me for ten years. We have hunted big game and explor.

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EDITOR’S PREFACE,A White King in East Africa,经典英文小说. The following pages describe a life of adventure in the more remote parts of Africa—adventures such as the explorer and sportsmen do not generally encounter.

Czech (Dr. Kenneth) An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books p describes this as the American edition of John Boyes' King of the Wa-Kikuyu, published in London in This is an excellent African adventure story but with only a few pages of hunting for rhinoceros, leopard and lion in British East Africa.

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CHAPTER IV,A White King in East Africa,经典英文小说. Government official tries to prevent me going into the Kikuyu country—Give the official the slip—My first acquaintance with the Kikuyu—Meet Karuri, the Kikuyu chief—Hospitable reception—Kikuyu village attacked because of my presence in it—I help to beat off the attack—Successful trading—Build a house in the .A WHITE KING IN EAST AFRICA.

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