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The Year of the Ghost: An Olduvai Diary
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The Year of the Ghost: An Olduvai Diary Hardcover -

by Derek A. Roe

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  • Hardcover
  • first

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This book is in excellent condition, no wear to covers. Previous owner makring first inner page, no other markings inner pages. Spine intact, no creases. "The 'ghost' of this book is Derek Roe himself. In January 1983 he embarked on his first journey to Tanzania as a ghost writer for an autobiography for Mary Leakey, a name linked for ever in the minds of archaeologists with the famous palaeolithic site of Olduvai Gorge. This diary covers Derek Roe's three trips to visit Mary and also includes correspondence between them both before and after 1983, as well as snippets from their earlier meetings. It is an honest, at times intimate and frank record of the ups and downs of their relationship, of Mary's work in Africa, of the site of Olduvai Gorge and the impact that the discoveries made there have had on the archaeological world. The finished autobiography, drafted by Derek, but much altered before publication, was published in 1984 as Disclosing the Past ; it is now out of print, but this personal account of its creation is a story in its own right." Good Reads
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  • Title The Year of the Ghost: An Olduvai Diary
  • Author Derek A. Roe
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First
  • Condition Used - used - excellent
  • Pages 185
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Western Academic & Specialist Press, Bristol
  • Date 10/02/20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 836-2023
  • ISBN 9780953541850 / 0953541851
  • Dimensions 9.84 x 7.09 x 0.63 in (24.99 x 18.01 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006386194
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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