{"product_id":"crossing-the-congo-mike-martin-9781849046855","title":"Crossing the Congo: Over Land and Water in a Hard Place","description":"*** Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award 2016 in the category of Adventure Travel *** \u003cbr\u003eIn 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTraversing 2,500 miles of the toughest terrain on the planet in a twenty-five year-old Land Rover, they faced repeated challenges, from kleptocracy and fire ants to non-existent roads and intense suspicion from local people. Through imagination and teamwork -- including building rafts and bridges, conducting makeshift surgery in the jungle and playing tribal politics -- they got through. But the Congo is raw, and the journey took an unexpected psychological toll on them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrossing the Congo is an offbeat travelogue, a story of friendship and what it takes to complete a great journey against tremendous odds, and an intimate look into one of the world's least-developed and most fragile states, told with humor and sensitivity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Martin, Chloe Baker, Charlie Hatch-Barnwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1849046859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849046855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurst \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Mike Martin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077628063999,"sku":"9781849046855","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7b354704-88b1-4acf-8fc3-3dfa2756738a.jpg?v=1685470966","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crossing-the-congo-mike-martin-9781849046855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}