Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna
- ISBN-10
- 0792272978
- ISBN-13
- 9780792272977
- Series
- Facing the Lion
- Category
- Young Adult Nonfiction
- Pages
- 127
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-10-11
- Publisher
- National Geographic Books
- Authors
- Herman J. Viola, Joseph Lekuton
Description
A member of the Masai people describes his life as he grew up in a northern Kenya village, travelled to America to attend college, and became an elementary school teacher in Virginia.
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- 2009-09-30
- 136 pages
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- 2005-10
- 127 pages
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- 2003
- 127 pages
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