{"product_id":"the-slope-of-kongwa-hill-anthony-edwards-9798992211610","title":"The Slope of Kongwa Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 1952, a sensitive young boy named Tony Edwards moves with his parents from postwar London to Tanganyika (now Tanzania). He goes to a boarding school in Kongwa, a remote, barren region just south of the Masai Steppe. Several hundred miles from home, Tony spent his formative years in a derelict townsite that had been the base for a massive, postwar agricultural program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Slope of Kongwa Hill recalls the tough, disciplinary, and sometimes brutal nature of British boarding schools, aggravated by primitive accommodation and the ever-present danger of East Africa's bundu. Fights, raids, and beatings contrast the grand excitement of animal and reptile confrontations, torrential storms, locust infestations, and other adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA face-to-face encounter with a black mamba in the toilet, running away from school, hunting game for meat, a narrow escape from lionesses, Boy Scout real-world field training, and a forbidden first romance -- all of it combines in a kaleidoscope of once-in-a-blue-moon, unforgettable experiences. The Slope of Kongwa Hill is an endearing, coming-of-age story in a most unique era and setting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the fourth edition and first republishing in the US, after three versions released in Canada under a previous ISBN.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Edwards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798992211610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emissary Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.08d","brand":"Anthony Edwards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48487417446655,"sku":"9798992211610","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d366842-db76-4e7d-93c2-f98a29ebf680.jpg?v=1778060380","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-slope-of-kongwa-hill-anthony-edwards-9798992211610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}