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No Picnic on Mount Kenya: A Daring Escape, A Perilous Climb | 
 enlarge | Author: Felice Benuzzi
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 82274
Media: Paperback
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1592287247
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.547241092
EAN: 9781592287246
ASIN: 1592287247
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
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Product Description
In 1943, Felice Benuzzi and two Italian compatriots escaped from a British POW camp in equatorial East Africa with only one goal in mind--to climb the dangerous seventeen-thousand-foot Mount Kenya. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is the classic tale of this most bizarre and thrilling adventure, a story that has earned its place as a unique masterpiece of daring and suspense.
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 A BIZARRE ADVENTURE September 5, 2007
Judith A. Maloney
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An extremely well-written book, especially considering the author was not writing in his native language. A crazy idea about climbing a mountain by 3 novices; crazier still under the circumstances of escaping from a POW camp with the intention of returning. I bought the book after having read the story in National Geographic "Adventure" of 2 experienced & well-outfitted mountaineers who re-traced their steps. The original is better!
A different time, a different world January 30, 2007
A. Jennerjahn (Long Island, NY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An entertaining story. It's hard to imagine escaping from an interment camp simply to climb a mountain, planning to return to camp afterwards! And it is even harder to imagine planning such a climb with the sparse resources available.
 Interesting but not remarkable July 28, 2008
Black Dog (Seabrook, TX)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The best thing about the book is that it is believable. With that being said, it's just not real compelling.
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