Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda

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Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda
- Paperback with scene of hills and a photo of Rasamond Halsey Carr and A nn Hard Halsey
- 248 pages
In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart, she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda, as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is Carr's thrilling memoir of her life in Rwandaâ€”a love affair with a country and a people that has spanned half a century. During those years, she has experienced everything from stalking leopards to rampaging elephants, drought, the mysterious murder of her friend Dian Fossey, and near-bankruptcy. She has chugged up the Congo River on a paddle-wheel steamboat, been serenaded by pygmies, and witnessed firsthand the collapse of colonialism. Following 1994's Hutu-Tutsi genocide, Carr turned her plantation into a shelter for the lost and orphaned children-work she continues to this day, at the age of eighty-seven.
Country USA
Brand Plume
Manufacturer Plume
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0452282020
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2000-09-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780452282025

Country	USA
Brand	Plume
Manufacturer	Plume
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	part_0452282020
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2000-09-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780452282025

Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda

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