Excerpt - page 247: "... his offer was accepted His task he said in his Travels was pass on to the Niger and to ascertain its course and if possible the rise ..."
Excerpt - page 112: "... autho- rization permit. Permit in hand, he felt free to travel and also made plans to apply for permanent resident status (a green card). I asked him if he'd travel to Niger. It had been six years since he'd seen his wife ..."
Excerpt - Front Matter: "... More important, he had discovered a taste for travel. Within a year, Park had contra( ted with a group known as the African Association for a journey of exploration into West Africa in search of the River Niger. ..."
