King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in Colonial Africa
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
967.5/HOCHSCHILD,A

0 Holds on 1 Copy

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 967.5/HOCHSCHILD,A Due: 2/1/2026

Details

PUBLISHED
Boston : HarperCollins Publishers, 2020
EDITION
Second Mariner Books edition
DESCRIPTION

xiii, 379 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 21 cm

ISBN/ISSN
0395759242, 9780358212508, 9780395759240, 0358212502, 9780358212508
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"Mariner Books."

Prologue: "The traders area kidnapping our people" -- Part I: Walking into fire. "I shall not give up the chase" ; The fox crosses the stream ; The magnificent cake ; "The treaties must grant us everything" ; From Florida to Berlin ; Under the Yacht Club flag ; The first heretic ; Where there aren't no Ten Commandments ; Meeting Mr. Kurtz ; The wood that weeps ; A secret society of murderers -- Part II: A King at bay. David and Goliath ; Breaking into the thieves' kitchen ; To flood his deeds with day ; A reckoning ; "Journalists won't give you recipes" ; No man is a stranger ; Victory? ; The Great Forgetting -- A personal afterword

Chronicles the life of King Leopold II of Belgium and discusses how he plundered the Congo, how his people tried to overthrow him, and other related topics

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