The White Nile
Alan Moorehead
- New York Harper & Brothers, Publisher 1960
- 385 p.
P.1. The exploration -- Zanzibar 1856 -- The inspiration -- The vales of paradise -- The coy fountains -- Baker of the nile -- Kudos and baraka -- Le Briseur D'Obstacles -- P.2. The Exploitation -- Beggar on horseback -- To go in peace -- The camel rider -- P.3. The moslem revolt -- Suez 1882 -- Sarawakin the sudan -- A roo fwith a view -- The falling nile -- The mahdi's ghost -- Paradise reformed -- The waters of babylon -- P.4. The Christian victory -- The open river.
Chronicles the history of exploration of the Nile River in the second half of the nineteenth century, and looks at the personalities of some of the notable people involved in the discoveries.