{"product_id":"the-black-nile-one-mans-amazing-journey-through-peace-and-war-on-the-worlds-longest-river-9780143119371","title":"The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World's Longest River","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A supremely entertaining work, and also an important one.\" -David Grann, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost City of Z\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Upon hearing the news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a friend who'd never left America, and set out from Uganda, paddling the Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades. With the propulsive force of a thriller, Morrison's chronicle is a mash-up of travel narrative and reportage, packed with flights into the frightful and absurd. From the hardscrabble fishing villages on Lake Victoria to the floating nightclubs of Cairo, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Nile\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the snarl of commonalities and conflicts that bleed across the Nile valley, bringing to life a complex region in profound transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143119371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.07h x 5.93w x 0.76d","brand":"Dan Morrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351404863669,"sku":"9780143119371","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_de570ab2-6a47-4097-84cb-25413361d098.jpg?v=1746541396","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-black-nile-one-mans-amazing-journey-through-peace-and-war-on-the-worlds-longest-river-9780143119371","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}