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Akim-Foo the History of a Failure (Gold Coast 1873-74 Campaign)
Overview
A scarce eye-witness account of Sir Garnet Wolseley's abortive 1873-74 campaign against the Ashanti tribe in the West African Gold Coast (today's Ghana). The author came as a volunteer from Canada to lead a liasion mission to the Akim people in resisting the aggressive incursions of the Ashanti. But he and the other Britons with Wolseley found themselves battling endemic disease, a punishing climate and inhospitable terrain as much as the fierce Ashanti warriors. With a map of the region and an appendix of correspondence relating to the author's mission with the Akim.
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- ISBN-13: 9781843428237
- ISBN-10: 1843428237
- Publisher: Naval & Military Press
- Publish Date: October 2015
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.65 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.79 pounds
- Page Count: 310
