Beschreibung:
In this book, Pascal James Imperato examines the political and diplomatic aspects of colonial competition for the lake Rudolf. He provides unique insights and analyses of Ethiopian colonial policy and its effects on the people who inhabited the region of the lake.
Introduction -- The Sources of the Nile -- A Whispered Reality -- A Race Across Maasai Land -- Visitors from Vienna -- An American Approaches from the South -- An American Arrives from the North -- Sportsmen and Ivory Hunters -- Italians at the Source -- Showdown on the Upper Nile -- An Orthodox Partnership -- A Courageous Young Soldier -- Doctor Smith Returns -- Replacing the Union Facks -- A Lakeside Tragedy -- Dividing the Spoils -- Epilogue