The Dust Diaries

Author(s): Sheers, Owen
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 03/03/2005,
Pagination: 336 pages,
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780571210268,
Description:

When Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father's study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. Compelled by the description of Cripps' extraordinary life in Africa, Sheers embarks on a journey through contemporary Zimbabwe in an attempt to better understand his ancestor's devotion to the country and its people and the dramatic, often bloody, differences that echo across the years.