Description: This tale of adventure has been called a classic. Felice Benuzzi was serving his country in Ethiopia when he and thousands of other Italians were captured during the British effort to colonize East Africa. Benuzzi and a few of his compan...
Synopsis This tale of adventure has been called a classic. Felice Benuzzi was serving his country in Ethiopia when he and thousands of other Italians were captured during the British effort to colonize East Africa. Benuzzi and a few of his companions escaped the P.O.W. camp, and climbed the nearby Mount Kenya in 1943.
Details
Publication Date:
1999-04-01
Size
Length:
238 pages
Height:
8.3 in
Width:
5.8 in
Thickness:
0.8 in
Weight:
11.2 oz
Publisher's Note In No Picnic on Mount Kenya, Felice Benuzzi recounts one of the most bizarre and daring adventures of this century. In 1943, Benuzzi and two fellow Italian prisoners of war escaped from a British camp in equatorial East Africa with one goal to climb the seventeen-thousand-foot Mount Kenya. Filled with suspense and humor, it is an extraordinary story that has earned its place as a masterpiece.