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Ghosts of Tsavo: Stalking the Mystery Lions of East Africa (Adventure Press)

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File Size: 576 KB
Print Length: 288 pages
Publisher: National Geographic; Reprint edition (August 29, 2009)
Publication Date: September 30, 2009
Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Language: English
ASIN: B002N83HSE
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1898, Tsavo River Kenya, the British Empire has employed 140 workers to build a railroad bridge. The bridge's construction comes to a violent halt when two maneless lions devour all 140 workers in a savage feeding frenzy that would make headlines—and history—all over the world. Caputo's Ghosts of Tsavo is a new quest for truth about the origins of these near-mythical animals and how they became predators of human flesh....

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