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Nellie : letters from Africa
- Title
- Nellie : letters from Africa / [edited] with a memoir by Elspeth Huxley.
- Author
- Grant, Nellie, 1885-1977
- Publication
- London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984.
- ©1980
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DT433.572.G7 A36 1984 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Huxley, Elspeth, 1907-1997
- Description
- x, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits; 22 cm
- Summary
- "Paints an intimate portrait of a courageous, amusing and observant individual whose zest for life withstood many bettering. The correspondence spanning more than forty years provides an intriguing record of the life style of an unconventional white settler in bygone days."--Back cover
- Uniform Title
- Letters from Africa
- Alternative Title
- Letters from Africa
- Subject
- Grant, Nellie, 1885-1977
- Grant, Nellie, 1885-1977
- 1895-1999
- British > Kenya > Biography
- British > Kenya > History > 20th century
- Rural conditions
- Manners and customs
- British
- British > Kenya > History > 20th century
- Kenya > Social life and customs > Sources. > 1895-1963
- Kenya > Rural conditions > Sources
- Kenya
- Kenya > Rural conditions > Sources
- Kenya > Social life and customs > 1895-1963 > Sources
- Genre/Form
- Autobiography
- Biography
- Sources.
- Personal correspondence.
- History.
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Correspondance privée.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Memoir 1885-1933 -- Letters from Kenya 1933-65 -- Letters from the Algarve 1965-77.
- ISBN
- 0297783645
- 9780297783640
- OCLC
- ocm12456303
- 12456303
- SCSB-603770
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library