Object Details
- General note
- Author's original corrected typescript. In paper wrappers. Possibly unpublished. The work is divided into 12 chapters, 7 of which refer to Africa. It is accompanied by a criticism by R. H. Ambrose, signed but undated, in which he concludes: " It is my opinion that if the work were revised, cut by about 5,000 words it might be acceptable as a 'Book for Boys. '"
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
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- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 5: Manuscripts
- Extent
- 1 Item (Manuscripts (document genre), 8.75 x 11.25 x 1.5 in. (box))
- Date
- circa 1919
- Container
- Item M041
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- "While mention of the various stories has been made in many of my previous books, apparently I did not tell them full enough, for I have been asked on many occasions to relate them again, and in this book I have tried to go into fuller detail ..."--Foreword.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890687-3
