by Don Brown · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · tapa dura · ISBN 9780618002733
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«Uncommon traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa» is Don Brown's illustrated biography published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in hardcover, 32 pages, in English.
The book narrates the life of Mary Kingsley, a self-taught English woman of the 19th century who, after a reclusive childhood and youth, traveled alone through unexplored regions of West Africa in 1893 and 1894. Don Brown's text and watercolors show her discoveries about the territory and its inhabitants.
Originally published in 2000, it is recommended for ages 4 to 7 (grades 2-3) and includes bibliographic references.
For young readers who enjoy biographies of explorers and true stories of travel and discovery.
Donald Mitchell Brown Jr. is an American author, attorney, and former United States Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer. He has published 15 books on the United States military, including 11 military-genre novels, the best known of which is Treason (2005) in which radical Islamic clerics infiltrate the United States Navy Chaplain Corps. He has published four works of military nonfiction, including his national bestseller, The Last Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Final Combat Mission of World War II (2017).
