Title: Blood River
First published: 2007
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.
Subjects: Congo (democratic republic), description and travel, Congo river, Description and travel, Travel, History, Congo (democratic republic), history, Travelers' writings
Places: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo River
People: Tim Butcher (1967-)