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In Desert and Wilderness is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846–1916). The listed translation credits are Drezmal, Max A. (Max Anthony) (1867–1947).
Catalogue synopsis
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"In Desert and Wilderness" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a young adult novel written in 1911. When fourteen-year-old Polish boy Staś and eight-year-old English girl Nell are kidnapped by rebels during the Mahdist War in Sudan, they endure a harrowing journey through the Sahara Desert. After a desperate act of survival leaves them stranded deep in Africa, the two children must navigate treacherous wilderness, dangerous wildlife, and disease as they search for rescue and a way home.
Book and edition facts
- Title: In Desert and Wilderness
- Author credits: Sienkiewicz, Henryk (1846–1916)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: Drezmal, Max A. (Max Anthony) (1867–1947)
Catalogue subjects
- Adventure stories
- Africa -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Children -- Fiction
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Sudan -- History -- 1881-1899 -- Fiction
- Wilderness survival -- Fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
- Category: Historical Novels
- Nobel Prizes in Literature
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