In the Shadow of the Mau Mau 1955 Ione Leigh Kenya Uprising Ex-Lib HC Acceptable

W.H. Allen, 1955. Ex-library cloth bound hardcover with dust jacket of In the Shadow of the Mau Mau by Ione Leigh.

Leigh writes her eyewitness account of life in colonial Kenya during the violent Mau Mau Uprising of the 1950s. She focuses on the tensions and daily experiences of settlers and residents caught up in the conflict between the Kikuyu-led resistance movement and the British authorities.

Acceptable. Ex-library markings. Dust jacket very worn. Slight lean to spine. Page block edges slightly soiled. Interior pages clean and crisp. Solid reading copy.