Trader Horn: Being the Life and Works of Alfred Aloysius Horn
€15.00
With a Forward by John Galsworthy.
The works written by himself at the age of seventy-three and the life,
with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age & experience taken
down here and edited by Ethelreda Lewis.
Recalls his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the
West Coast of Africa. His exploits, including rescuing slaves
& in saving a notable who has been held captive. The book
is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big
game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect
of the African people.
Publishers green cloth with black vignette.
Black title to spine.
Map endpapers.
viii, [1], 302, [7].
Frontispiece portrait.
Data sheet
- Publisher
- Garden City Publication., New York
- Editor
- Ethelreda Lewis
- Date Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Hardback
- Condition
- Good
- Reference
- Office [C]
With a Forward by John Galsworthy.
The works written by himself at the age of seventy-three and the life,
with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age & experience taken
down here and edited by Ethelreda Lewis.
Recalls his days as an Ivory merchant in the 1870s on the
West Coast of Africa. His exploits, including rescuing slaves
& in saving a notable who has been held captive. The book
is of its time, with many casual references to shooting big
game, although Trader Horn does have a genuine respect
of the African people.