African Studies Review, April 1st, 2004
MEMOIRS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY Colin Baker. A Fine Chest of Medals: The Life of Jack Archer. Cardiff: Mpemba Books, 2003. xvi + 273 pp. Photographs. Maps. £11.99. Paper. Colin Baker. Wild Goose: The Life and Death of Hugh van Oppen. Cardiff: Mpemba Books, 2002. xviii + 256 pp. Photographs. Maps. £10.50. Paper. These two military biographies, like most good studies of their type, are as much travelogues as accounts of the subjects themselves. Colin Baker has a wonderful gift for descriptive writing, and he keeps the chronological narratives moving at a brisk pace. he also possesses the rare abil...
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