African Adventure

African Adventure

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name = African Adventure
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author = Willard Price
illustrator = Pat Marriott
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Adventure novel
publisher = Jonathan Cape
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english_release_date = 1963
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pages = 189 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-340-14904-3
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"African Adventure" is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt.

On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.


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