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050 0 0 _aBV3625.L6
_bW554 2013
082 0 4 _a266.51092
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100 1 _aClarke, Erskine,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
_94465
245 1 0 _aBy the rivers of water :
_ba nineteenth-century Atlantic odyssey /
_cErskine Clarke.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c[2013]
300 _axxii, 450 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 0 _gPart I,
_tStarting places.
_tA slave's world --
_tMany mansions --
_tA Black River home --
_tA place seen from afar.
_gPart II,
_tJourney to a West African cape.
_tTesting the waters --
_tFair hope among the Grebo --
_tBeneath an African sky --
_tSorrows and conflicts --
_tThe bitter cost of freedom --
_tExploring strange worlds --
_tThe conversion of William Davis (Mworeh Mah) --
_tRose-tinted glasses --
_t"The liberty of choosing for themselves."
_gPart III,
_tLife among the Mpongwe.
_tToko and the waterwitch --
_tA sophisticated, hospitable, and heathen people --
_tRainforest lessons --
_tThe French : "the most dishonest and shameless people" --
_tHome visit --
_t"He worships with sincere devotion the customs of his ancestors."
_gPart IV,
_tHomeward journey.
_tAn unsought and unexpected appointment --
_tA patriot's choice --
_tCivil war --
_tHome ground --
_tDistant voices.
600 1 0 _aWilson, J. Leighton
_q(John Leighton),
_d1809-1886.
_94466
600 1 0 _aWilson, Jane Bayard,
_d1809-1885.
_94467
610 2 0 _aPresbyterian Church in the U.S.
_xMissions
_zLiberia.
_94468
610 2 0 _aPresbyterian Church in the U.S.
_xMissions
_zGabon.
_94469
650 0 _aMissionaries
_zLiberia
_vBiography.
_94470
650 0 _aMissionaries
_zGabon
_vBiography.
_94471
650 0 _aMissionaries
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
_94472
650 0 _aGrebo (African people)
_xMissions.
_94473
650 0 _aMpongwe (African people)
_xMissions.
_94474
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