Blood river
Subtitle: the terrifying journey through the world's most dangerous country
By: Tim Butcher
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780802144331
Subjects: Travel; Description and travel
Description: The author recounts his audacious and perilous quest through the Congo as he retraced the 1874 expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley to map the Congo River, traveling alone with an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and dugout canoe, and aided by characters ranging from U.N. aid workers to a pygmy-rights advocate.
Notes: Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2007, under title : Blood river : a journey to Africa's broken heart.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-348) and index.
Table of contents: title: Africa's broken heart; title: The final frontier; title: Cobalt town; title: The pearl of Tanganyika; title: Walked to death; title: The Jungle Books; title: Up a river without a paddle; title: Pirogue progress; title: The Equator Express; title: Bend in the river; title: River passage; title: Road rage.