First US edition
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Author | Willard Price |
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Illustrator | Pat Marriott |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Adventure novel |
Publisher |
John Day (US) Jonathan Cape (UK) |
Published in English
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1963 |
Pages | 189 pp |
ISBN | |
OCLC | 16203319 |
African Adventure is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt.
On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.