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The African Queen

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Author(s):C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):None
Publisher(s): Random House
Year Published: 1940
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
African
British
Historical Fiction - World War I
Age Range: Ages 13-18: Young Adult
Pages: 307
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)

Description

In Central Africa of 1914, Rose Sayer buries her brother then sets out on a boat called the African Queen for the adventure of a lifetime. This edition restores the author’s original ending.

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Other Editions

The African Queen (1935)

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