Cairo to Kisumu

About this eBook

Author

Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924

Title

Cairo to Kisumu : Egypt—The Sudan—Kenya Colony

Original Publication

Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa

Subject

Kenya -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 71651

Release Date

September 14, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CAIRO TO KISUMU EGYPT—THE SUDAN—KENYA COLONY
6. 6.CHAPTER I JUST A WORD BEFORE WE START
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE GATEWAY TO EGYPT
8. 8.CHAPTER III KING COTTON ON THE NILE
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THROUGH OLD EGYPT TO CAIRO
10. 10.CHAPTER V FELLAHEEN ON THEIR FARMS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE PROPHET’S BIRTHDAY
12. 12.CHAPTER VII IN THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII INTIMATE TALKS WITH TWO KHEDIVES
14. 14.CHAPTER IX EL-AZHAR AND ITS TEN THOUSAND MOSLEM STUDENTS
15. 15.CHAPTER X CLIMBING THE GREAT PYRAMID
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE PYRAMIDS REVISITED
17. 17.CHAPTER XII FACE TO FACE WITH THE PHARAOHS
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII THE AMERICAN COLLEGE AT ASYUT
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV THE CHRISTIAN COPTS
20. 20.CHAPTER XV OLD THEBES AND THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI THE NILE IN HARNESS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII STEAMING THROUGH THE LAND OF CUSH
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN TO THE SUDAN
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX ACROSS AFRICA BY AIR AND RAIL
25. 25.CHAPTER XX KHARTUM
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI EMPIRE BUILDING IN THE SUDAN
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII WHY GENERAL GORDON HAD NO FEAR
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII OMDURMAN, STRONGHOLD OF THE MAHDI
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV GORDON COLLEGE AND THE WELLCOME LABORATORIES
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI DOWN THE RED SEA
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII ALONG THE AFRICAN COAST
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII ADEN
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX IN MOMBASA
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX THE UGANDA RAILWAY
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI THE CAPITAL OF KENYA COLONY
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII JOHN BULL IN EAST AFRICA
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII WITH THE BIG-GAME HUNTERS
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV AMONG THE KIKUYUS AND THE NANDI
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV THE GREAT RIFT VALLEY AND THE MASAI
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI WHERE THE MEN GO NAKED AND THE WOMEN WEAR TAILS
42. 42.SEE THE WORLD with Frank G. Carpenter
43. 43.BIBLIOGRAPHY — EGYPT AND THE SUDAN — ABYSSINIA — ERITREA — KENYA COLONY
44. 44.INDEX

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