Cairo to Kisumu

by Frank G. Carpenter

36 chapters8h 45mEnglish1925

About this book

Another chapter In Carpenter's continuing tour of the world, this time in Africa covering between Egypt and Kisumu (Kenya), with Interesting stories of the people, industries, geography and daily life. (Summary by Betty B)

Chapters (36)

1Just a Word Before We Start

197

2Gateway to Egypt

1040

3King Cotton on the Nile

896

4Through Old Egypt to Cairo

721

5Fellaheen on their Farms

1346

6The Prophet's Birthday

881

7In the Bazaars of Cairo

959

8Intimate Talks with two Khedives

1306

9El-Azhar and Its 10,000 students

979

10Climbing the Great Pyramid

827

11The Pyramids Re-Visited

921

12Face to Face with the Pharoahs

1026

13The American College of Asyut

550

14The Christian Copts

457

15Old Thebes and the Valley of the Kings

1200

16The Nile in Harness

1298

17Steaming through the Land of Cush

962

18From the Med to the Sudan

1120

19Across Africa by Air and Rail

735

20Khartoum

806

21Empire Building in the Sudan

667

22Why General Gordon Had No Fear

568

23Omdurman, Stronghold of the Mahdi

1356

24Gordon College and the Wellcome Laboratories

831

25Through the Suez Canal

1061

26Down the Red Sea

628

27Along the African Coast

474

28Aden

684

29In Mombasa

709

30The Uganda Railway

915

31The Capital of Kenya Colony

1009

32John Bull in East Africa

779

33With the Big Game Hunters

865

34Among the Kikuyus and the Nandi

820

35The Great Rift Valley and the Masai

843

36Where Men Go Naked and Women Wear Tails

1067

Cairo to Kisumu

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Chapters (36)

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