| Description |
1 online resource (323 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
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text file PDF 9.13 MB |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
In this book we are given a unique view of East Africa of the 1950s; not the stereotyped picture of wildlife safaris and leaping Masai, but the emerging independence struggle of a new African nation from the viewpoint of a white police officer, in an exceptionally detailed, thoroughly readable, first-hand account of a rare period of recent history. It tellshow an Australian veteran, fresh from the Korean War, became a colonial police officer in Tanganyika Territory (later Tanzania after federation with the offshore islands of Zanzibar in 1964). The reader is taken on a journey which tourists in Africa never see: from back alleys and police cells in the polyglot city of Dar es Salaam, to snake-infested camps on Uganda-Ruanda border patrols, and on police field force emergency operations from barracks at the foot of Kilimanjaro. |
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Stories of war, love and many things in between. His stories range from Germany to Korea, Malaysia to Mexico, Japan to Australia. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; Prologue; Part 1: It was a Secret but it Escaped; Chapter 1: First Impressions; Chapter 2: Great White Chief; Chapter 3: Acclimatisation Blues; Chapter 4: East is East; Chapter 5: Imposter; Chapter 6: Blood, Sweat and Tears; Chapter 7: Background Briefing; Chapter 8: Offer of Employment; Chapter 9: Too Beautiful for Words; Chapter 10: Tribalism; Chapter 11: A Visitor Arrives; Chapter 12: Sudden Light; Chapter 13: Charivari; Chapter 14: Intimate Strangers. |
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Chapter 15: Politics, Religion and Sex ... Chapter 16: The Watcher; Chapter 17: Movin' On; Part 2: They Opened a Door for me to Enter; Chapter 18: Disregarding Trivialities; Chapter 19: En Route; Chapter 20: Still En Route; Chapter 21: The Lake; Chapter 22: The Drill; Chapter 23: End of the Earth; Chapter 24: Remoteness; Chapter 25: Under New Management; Chapter 26: Exorcism and Duty; Chapter 27: In the Bush; Chapter 28: The Animal Business; Chapter 29: Riot; Chapter 30: Discipline; Chapter 31: Falling Apart; Chapter 32: On the Mountain; Epilogue. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tanzania -- History.
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Tanzania. |
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History. |
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Tanzania -- Politics and government.
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Politics and government. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Callander, R.N. (Ron N.), 1933- One beat of a butterfly's heart 9781920143954 (OCoLC)880928893 |
| ISBN |
9781928211204 (electronic book) |
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1928211208 (electronic book) |
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9781920143954 |
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1920143955 |
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