Emily Hahn was one of the most prolific and enduring writers at The New Yorker - her first byline appeared there in 1929, her last in 1996. She was also the author of fifty-three books, and, had her 1933 travel memoir, Congo Solo, not been published in a censored version during the darkest days of the Great Depression, it might well have been hailed as a classic of the genre, alongside Dinesen's Out of Africa. In many ways Hahn's vivid account of her eight-month sojourn in a remote medical clinic was years ahead of its time.
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Emily Hahn was one of the most prolific and enduring writers at The New Yorker - her first byline appeared there in 1929, her last in 1996. She was also the author of fifty-three books, and, had her 1933 travel memoir, Congo Solo, not been published in a censored version during the darkest days of the Great Depression, it might well have been hailed as a classic of the genre, alongside Dinesen's Out of Africa. In many ways Hahn's vivid account of her eight-month sojourn in a remote medical clinic was years ahead of its time.
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Add this copy of Congo Solo: Misadventures Two Degrees North to cart. $6.94, fair condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by McGill-Queen's University Press.
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Add this copy of Congo Solo Misadventures Two Degrees North to cart. $65.00, very good condition, Sold by Time Traveler Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1933 by The Bobbs-Merrill company.
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Very Good with no dust jacket. No Dust Jacket, wear to boards. Several pages are crimped at corner.; Book was owned by Dorette and Julius Fleischmann, civic leaders and socialites of New York and Cincinnati, who made their fortune through the yeast company. Ex Libris Book Plate of Dorette and Julious Fleischman pasted to inside front board.; 8.50 X 6 X 1.50 inches; 315 pages.
Add this copy of Congo Solo: Misadventures Two Degrees North to cart. $100.00, good condition, Sold by Black Swan Books, Inc. rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lexington, KY, UNITED STATES, published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
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Good. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. Lacking the dust jacket. The book has a rubber-stamp for the Victory Book Campaign on the front inside cover. A previous owner has written her name and address on the front fly-leaf and a telephone number on the rear inside board. The frontispiece has a lengthwise crease and a small edge tear. A few of the pages have surface dirt. The binding has surface damage (moisture? ). Good condition.; Black-and-white photographs; 8vo.; 315 pages.
