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Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure, The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika

Mimi and Toutou's Big Adventure, The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika
Giles Foden
HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER

Fodden's gripping account of the real-life story of the events that inspired the classic film The African Queen. He chronicles the exploits and adventures of Geoffrey Spicer-Simson, given the task of trekking overland with two gunboats, Mimi and Toutou, to defeat the Germans on Lake Tanganyika in WWI.  (EAF190, $14.95)





 
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