In the land of magic soldiers : a story of white and Black in West Africa /
"In the Land of Magic Soldiers" follows a set of white would-be saviors and also a set of Sierra Leoneans. A story of black and white, of those who would nation-build and those who live in a region of fire and jungle, this is an unforgettable work of literary reportage by "a terrific...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2003
New York : 2003 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | "In the Land of Magic Soldiers" follows a set of white would-be saviors and also a set of Sierra Leoneans. A story of black and white, of those who would nation-build and those who live in a region of fire and jungle, this is an unforgettable work of literary reportage by "a terrific reporter with a novelist's eye" ("New York Times Book Review") "In the Land of Magic Soldiers tells the stories of a group of native Sierra Leoneans: a father who rescues his daughter from rape, loses his hands as punishment, and then begins to rebuild his life; a child soldier (and sometime cannibal) and the priest who tries to help him; and a highly Westernized medical student with an immunity to bullets and a cure for HIV. Interwoven with their stories are those of the would-be saviors: a family of American missionaries who make their home in a tiny village as the war overruns them; a mercenary helicopter gunship pilot who thrives on the fighting he tries to end; and the army of Great Britain, committed to intensive intervention in a country that is so anarchic and desperate that, forty years after independence, its people long to be recolonized."--BOOK JACKET "In the Land of Magic Soldiers tells the stories of a group of native Sierra Leoneans: a father who rescues his daughter from rape, loses his hands as punishment, and then begins to rebuild his life; a child soldier (and sometime cannibal) and the priest who tries to help him; and a highly Westernized medical student with an immunity to bullets and a cure for HIV. Interwoven with their stories are those of the would-be saviors: a family of American missionaries who make their home in a tiny village as the war overruns them; a mercenary helicopter gunship pilot who thrives on the fighting he tries to end; and the army of Great Britain, committed to intensive intervention in a country that is so anarchic and desperate that, forty years after independence, its people long to be recolonized."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol032/2003044065.html This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 216 p. ; 22 cm 216 p. ; 23 cm 216 pages ; 22 cm 216 pages ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0374266530 (alk. paper) 0374266530 9780374266530 (alk. paper) 9780374266530 |