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

by Alzada Carlisle Kistner

This memoir chronicles five scientific expeditions across Africa from 1960 to 1973, documenting entomological fieldwork and travel during periods of political change. It covers excursions through the Belgian Congo, Kenya, and southern Africa.

Accession 27390 ISBN 1559635312 Publisher Island Press
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