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These tales are based mainly on the writings and reminiscences of Gwynneth Latham who joined her husband Donald, a yopung doctor in Tanganyika in the 1920s and 1930s. These memoirs provide a portrait of life in what is now mainland Tanzania, in the early period of that country as a British mandated territory.
Offering an account of medical practice in the most extreme tropical conditions, this is the tale of an English woman who took on the important role of medical assistant to a "bush doctor". Perceptive insights into the connection between traditional medical practice and Western medicine are combined with descriptions of friendships with a wide range of people: colleagues, staff, and locals, settlers and government officials. This is above all, the story of a European family settling in Africa, confronted with new and exciting surroundings and life-changing experiences.
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- PublisherI. B. Tauris
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 1850438811
- ISBN 13 9781850438816
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages228
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 220 pages (complete). Jacket shelf rubbed and a bit marked. Boards a bit shelf rubbed. Light foxing on page edges. Still in a very good condition, boards still strong and clean, tightly bound and internally clean. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # baum
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Dust jacket condition: VG. Inscribed and SIGNED by author Michael Latham. In 1925 Gwen and Don Latham arrived in the young British territory of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) in East Africa. They had come to run a hospital, to raise a family and to seek adventure. They got much more than they bargained for: trained man-eating crocodiles; mauled hunters; a first British ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro and the discovery of Hemingway's frozen leopard; two lion cubs to raise; a gold rush; and the life of a bush doctor. These are only a few of the tales Gwen Latham tells with wit, wonder and an exquisite eye for detail. Almost 30 years later Gwen's son, Michael, a young doctor, arrives in Tanzania with his wife, and with very similar objectives. He too met with adventures great and small. In his skillful and moving narrative he describes his experiences of the Africa his parents passed on to him, his life as a district medical officer, and the idealist President Julius Nyerere leading the country in its peaceful steps to independence. Gwen Latham belongs to the old tradition of the unusual women pioneers in Africa. Michael Latham, like Albert Schweitzer before him, belongs to that line of visionary doctors in Africa, striving timelessly for a better world. This finely balanced double narrative elicits tears of laughter and awe, excitement and beauty. Most of all this family saga describes a 50-year love affair with Africa and its people. 228 pages. Seller Inventory # WB040283
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Kilimanjaro Tales: The Saga of A Medical Family in Africa Latham, Gwynneth and Latham, Michael
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