Cameroon with Egbert - Hardcover

Murphy, Dervla

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879514159 ISBN 13: 9780879514150

Publisher: Overlook Books, 1991

Synopsis

Relates the author's experiences traveling from village to village across Cameroon with her daughter

About this title

About the Author

Dervla Murphy was born in Co. Waterford, Ireland, and still has her home there. Since 1964 she has regularly published descriptions of her journeys in the remoter areas of the world. She has also written about the problems of Northern Ireland, the hazards of the nuclear power industry and race relations in Britain.

From Library Journal

Veteran travel writer Murphy ( Full Tilt , LJ 10/1/65, In Ethiopia with a Mule , LJ 4/15/70) once again captivates armchair travelers in this immensely entertaining and highly readable account of her three-month trek in 1987 through the Republic of Cameroon. Accompanied by her daughter and a Fulani packhorse (affectionately renamed Egbert), she journeys over diverse terrain from challenging mountains to obscure, jungle-encroached bush paths. She brilliantly captures the charm of the congenial Cameroonian people and their culture. She demonstrates great sensitivity when traveling through the restricted zone by Lake Nyos (site of a tragic natural disaster). While encountering occasional difficulties, she maintains her delightful sense of humor (a trait for which she is well known) and optimism. Readers will appreciate and enjoy this book. Highly recommended.
- Jo- Anne Mary Benson, Osgoode, Ontario
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0879514159
• ISBN 13: 9780879514150
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 292