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Frederic Hunter. Frederic Hunter served as a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Information Service in Brussels, Belgium, and, shortly after its independence, at three posts in the Republic of the Congo: Bukavu, Coquilhatville, and Léopoldville. He later became the Africa Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, based in Nairobi.
Frederic Hunter has 82 books on Goodreads with 462 ratings. Frederic Hunter’s most popular book is Abe and Molly: The Lincoln Courtship.
Oct 3, 2014 · Elizabeth Jenkins’ urge for independence, along with love, intrigue, and risk, power the plot which intensifies as the book builds to its conclusion. Frederic Hunter brings to life the Congo of that era and the reasons a young woman, ill-prepared for the world beyond the mission station, would flee.
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Jun 21, 2018 · Though set in the late 1990s in Zaire, the former Belgian Congo, now known as Democratic Republic of the Congo, Frederic Hunter’s new novel, The Uttermost Parts of the Earth, is...
Feb 28, 2018 · THE UTTERMOST PARTS OF THE EARTH. by Frederic Hunter ‧RELEASE DATE: Feb. 28, 2018. Hunter invokes Joseph Conrad toward the start of this book, underscoring how much this region near the equator has changed... bookshelf. shop now. amazon. Matters of the heart overpower a missing person case in a Central African village.
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Mar 9, 2018 · The Uttermost Parts of the Earth. Hardcover – March 9, 2018. by Frederic Hunter (Author) 4.1 7 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kwame Johnson, an African-American academic serving a stint as a cultural diplomat, is sent to visit a remote Congo post where an officer is establishing an American cultural center.
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May 3, 2022 · As a young Foreign Service officer, Frederic Hunter was assigned to the Congo in 1963, three years after independence. He expected to encounter heat, jungle, hardship, violence. Instead he found the Kivu, a kind of paradise, nestled among Rift Valley lakes.
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