Out of Darkness, Shining Light

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Imprint: Scribner Book Company (Sep 10, 2019)
Fiction, Hardcover, 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781982110338

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Gappah’s powerful novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa is the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone’s body, his papers, and maps, 1,500 miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there.
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