{"product_id":"the-arab-and-the-african-s-tristram-pruen-9781850771364","title":"The Arab and the African","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis little-know work, first published in 1891 and here reproduced in facsimile, provides a first-hand account of the slave trade in British and German East Africa during the latter years of the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, a Christian missionary, tempers his descriptions of this shocking trade with an unusually sympathetic view of both the African slave and the Arab trader. Alongside this account runs a fascinating study of the region south and east of the Lake then known as Victoria-Nyanza, in which details of flora and fauna and the daily life of the native population are included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrative is illustrated with drawings and maps, while an appendix lists the essential supplies necessary for one person spending a year travelling in East Africa; this includes one corkscrew, three dusters and a luncheon basket!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e S. Tristram Pruen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1850771367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781850771364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Darf Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 5.51w x 0.82d","brand":"S. Tristram Pruen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486202999039,"sku":"9781850771364","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a7241b7-fc5d-48e7-89d7-566a7ee4c83c.jpg?v=1778054336","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-arab-and-the-african-s-tristram-pruen-9781850771364","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}