Jerry on safari : a 7000 mile journey from Cairo to the Cape

Date:

©1936.

Author:

Von Hoffman, Carl, 1889-

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH V946 J47 1936 LOCAL

Publisher:

J.B. Lippincott Company

Abstract:

Young Jerry accompanies his uncle on an expedition to Africa, from Cairo to the Cape, and meets with many authentic adventures depicting its wild animals, geography, natural history, and customs and legends of the natives.

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations, frontispiece, maps ; 21 cm

Notes:

Library's copy inscribed, 1939. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Westminster Press (Phil), c 1948, with dust jacket; Junior Literary Guild selection; spine titles printed in dark blue on light blue cloth

Subjects:

Boys Juvenile fiction, Uncles Juvenile fiction, Explorers Juvenile fiction, Safaris Africa Juvenile fiction, Indigenous peoples Africa Juvenile fiction, Boys, Explorers, Indigenous peoples, Safaris, and Uncles

Genres/Forms:

Travelogue storybooks 1936, Action and adventure fiction. lcgft, Action and adventure fiction, Fiction, Juvenile works, and Adventure stories. gsafd

Chronological Terms:

1900-1999 fast

Geographic Terms:

Africa 20th century Juvenile fiction and Africa