The Ghosts of Africa: A Novel

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Random House Publishing Group, 1981 - Fiction - 416 pages

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Contents

Section 1
19
Section 2
127
Section 3
161
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About the author (1981)

William Stevenson was born in London, England on June 1, 1924. During World War II, he was a pilot who flew for the British. After the war, he worked briefly for newspapers in England before moving to Canada in 1947 and becoming a foreign correspondent for The Toronto Star. By the 1960s, he was working for the Near and Far East News Group, a propaganda arm of the British government. He also helped produce documentaries for Canadian television and the BBC. He wrote several books including A Man Called Intrepid, 90 Minutes at Entebbe, Intrepid's Last Case, and Past to Present: A Reporter's Story of War, Spies, People, and Politics. He died on November 26, 2013 at the age of 89.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Ghosts of Africa: A Novel
AuthorWilliam Stevenson
Editionreprint
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group, 1981
ISBN0345297938, 9780345297938
Length416 pages
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