| DRUMS ALONG THE CONGO PA |  | Author: Rory Nugent
Publisher: Mariner Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1063455
Media: Paperback
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0395670713
Dewey Decimal Number: 916.751
EAN: 9780395670712
ASIN: 0395670713
Publication Date: June 28, 1993
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Product Description
An American explorer and cryptozoologist chronicles his adventures on the Congo searching for the elusive Mokele-Mbembe, a dinosaur-like creature reported to live in the river. By the author of The Search for the Pink-Headed Duck.
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 An American hunts for a dinosaur, and you're right there. December 29, 1998
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
A good read but an even better document to the pursuit of dreams (well, maybe not dreams, but dinosaurs) by an adventurer. I couldn't help but think of Indiana Jones, except with a lot of modern red tape and government bureaucracy. Just being able to go after the dinosaur is a miracle, and Nugent paints a great picture for me. So many modern "adventures" are media-hyped, corporate events that pass as "sports" but this guy goes into the dark of the Congo and no one seems to care except the people he has to bribe and barter with along the way. Definitely check this one out.
A powerful and inspiring book. December 11, 1998
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
A truly great book for anyone yearning for adventure! Nugent brings the wilds of the Congo into startling clarity. So vibrant are his descriptions, so compelling his pacing, that I couldn't put this book down for a moment once I began reading. I was so moved and inspired by Mr. Nugent's adventure looking for the Mokele-mbembe, that I spent a year searching for Bigfoot in the forests of the Pacific Northwest! Very few books have ever had such an impact on my life. I loved it.
Next Best Thing to Being There! May 11, 1997
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The author has an amazing account to tell and he does it with great skill -- drawing his reader into the world, not only of primeval jungle and native folklore, but of the vibrant social structure of African life, where a visitor's knowledge of American television shows becomes a better item for trade than a pocketful of gold. As I finished the last, breathtaking chapter (it took every ounce of willpower not to peek ahead to it), I was ready to quit my job, pack up my bags, and set sail to Congo to go looking for the legendary beast myself. What a great read
 Boring ......... Boring .................Boring April 11, 2008
Mr. James A. Newton (London)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was really looking forward to this book, but oh what a disappointment. The title is completely misleading, there's very little 'on the trail' of anything. It just seems to me to be one of those pointless travelogues that a journalist wrote because his real purpose (finding a dinosaur) bore no fruition. Undoubtedly there were setbacks that hampered his search, but I don't think these warrant a book. My advice is to call it a day when you know you know you haven't got a story and leave the rest of us a few quid richer. On the plus side, I only have to read three pages every night before it sends me to sleep, so a pretty positive experience for anybody experiencing insomnia.
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