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  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    "Travels in West Africa" is a book as vivid and unforgettable as the extraordinary author herself, Mary Kingsley.In 1893, defying every convention of Victorian womanhood, Mary Kingsley set off alone for West Africa to collect botanical specimens. Unaccompanied except for native guides, she plunged boldly into forbidding jungles, often the first European--and almost always the first white woman- ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lady Farmer Guide to Slow Living

    Cultivating Sustainable Simplicity Close to Home

    by Mary E. Kingsley ...
    A small guide for those seeking a life of beauty, simplicity, and sustainability.In this simple and inspiring lifestyle handbook, Mary Kingsley – novelist, wife, mother, homesteader and co-founder of Lady Farmer – briefly discusses the history of humanity’s relationship with the natural world, how that relationship has shifted, and how the concept of “slow living” can return health to ourselves ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary H. Kingsley ...
    Mary H. Kingsley (1862-1900) was an English writer and explorer who, in 1893, set out to complete the work of her father in the study of sacrificial rites and fetishes. She arrived in Sierra Leone and spent the next four years living with local people, learning the skills necessary to survive the African jungles. Although she was trained as a nurse, most people at the time were shocked that a ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Travels in West Africa

    Abridged Edition - Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    Supported by a family inheritance that gave her £500 a year, Mary Henrietta Kingsley traveled to Africa to complete the book her father had started. The subject was the culture of Africa and Kingsley stayed with local people while she learned to survive in the African jungles, studied cannibal tribes, discovered new species of fish, and climbed Mount Cameroon by a route untouched by any European ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    After a preliminary visit to the Canary Islands, Kingsley decided to travel to the west coast of Africa. The only non-African women who regularly embarked on (often dangerous) journeys to Africa were usually the wives of missionaries, government officials, or explorers. Exploration and adventure were not seen as fitting roles for women in the Victorian era. Yet, when Mary Kingsley's invalid ... Read more

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  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    Mary Henrietta Kingsley was an English ethnographic and scientific writer and explorer whose travels throughout West Africa and resulting work helped shape European perceptions of African cultures and British imperialism.After a preliminary visit to the Canary Islands, Kingsley decided to travel to the west coast of Africa. The only non-African women who regularly embarked on (often dangerous) ... Read more

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  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary H. Kingsley ...
    Until 1893, Mary Kingsley led a secluded life in Victorian England. But at age 30, defying every convention of womanhood of the time, she left England for West Africa to collect botanical specimens for a book left unfinished by her father at his death. Traveling through western and equatorial Africa and becoming the first European to enter some parts of Gabon, Kingsley' s story--as an explorer and ... Read more

    $2.81 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Hippo Banquet

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'While engaged on this hunt I felt the earth quiver under my feet, and heard a soft big soughing sound, and looking round saw I had dropped in on a hippo banquet...'Told with verve and self-mocking wit, the adventures of doughty female Victorian explorer Mary Kingsley describe stumbling upon five hippos by night, dodging elephants and fighting off a leopard with a stool.Introducing Little Black ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary Kingsley ...
    A remarkable account by a pioneering woman explorer who was described by Rudyard Kipling as 'the bravest woman of all my knowledge'.Until 1893, Mary Kingsley lived the typical life of a single Victorian woman, tending to sick relatives and keeping house for her brother. However, on the death of her parents, she undertook an extraordinary decision: with no prior knowledge of the region, she set out ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary H. Kingsley ...
    Travels in West Africa recounts an adventurous journey through the diverse landscapes and cultures of the region. Written with vivid detail by Mary Henrietta Kingsley, it captures the essence of her explorations in the late 19th century. From the dense jungles of Gabon to the bustling markets of Sierra Leone, Kingsley immerses readers in the sights, sounds, and experiences of West Africa. She ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary H. Kingsley ...
    "Travels in West Africa," Kingsley provides a detailed and often adventurous account of her journeys through various parts of West Africa, including Gabon and parts of present-day Cameroon. She explores the cultures, societies, and natural environments of the regions she visits, and she interacts with local people and documents her observations on their way of life, beliefs, and traditions ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Travels in West Africa

    by Mary H. Kingsley ...
    TO THE READER. - What this book wants is not a simple Preface but an apology, and a very brilliant and convincing one at that. Recognising this fully, and feeling quite incompetent to write such a masterpiece, I have asked several literary friends to write one for me, but they have kindly but firmly declined, stating that it is impossible satisfactorily to apologise for my liberties with Lindley ... Read more

    $4.22 CAD