num_pages: 350
description: This is the true story of a handful of obsessed explorers who fought man and nature to find and open the mighty, mysterious Niger River. "A magnificent book", raved the San Francisco Examiner when the book was first published in 1976. Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanche de Gramont has written an epic history with a racing pulse.16-page black-and-white insert and maps.
language: English
title: The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River
titlecomplete: The Strong Brown God: The Story of the Niger River
genres: Western Africa, Africa, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 44
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company