The Whistling Thorn
- ISBN-10
- 0373020651
- ISBN-13
- 9780373020652
- Category
- Fiction in English
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1977
- Author
- Isobel Chace
Description
she exclaimed as the bird took wing and disappeared over the top of the trees . ' It was more planning and hard work than good luck , ' James responded . ' Keeping the baboons out was quite a problem in the beginning .
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- 1995-01-01
- 220 pages
- Paperback
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