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Title details for The Black Nile by Dan Morrison - Available

The Black Nile

One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River

by Dan Morrison
Sean Runnette
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Investigative journalist Dan Morrison hired a boat builder, summoned a childhood buddy, and set out paddling from Jinja, Uganda, down the White Nile toward Cairo. Four thousand miles, two companions, and several other means of local conveyance later, he emerged on the Mediterranean. The story Morrison tells of this spectacular—and spectacularly harrowing—journey is a mash-up of narrative travel writing, investigative reportage, and current history, resulting in a thoughtful, funny, and frightful trip across a region whose people are trying to claw their way from war and poverty to something better.

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  • Release date

    August 19, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781400195893
      • File size: 310765 KB
      • Duration: 10:47:25

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      From the start, Sean Runnette sets the tone for Dan Morrison's journal of his trip from Kampala to Cairo. Runnette ably contrasts Morrison's outer confidence with his inner fears of encountering war or crocodiles. He wryly delivers Morrison's descriptions of the busy city of Kampala and the way he and a friend overpacked. It makes for fascinating listening as Morrison reflects on the ironies of war, recounts conflicts with bureaucracy and militia, talks about a stop at a leper colony, and recalls his relatively luxurious wait for a barge. Morrison's words paint a scene well, and Runnette makes the most of them. It's a journey for the ear well worth taking. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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