The Last Safari

by Richard Rhodes

Fleeing from America after her father's death, young Cassie finds herself attracted to Seth Crown, the strong, resilient son of African missionaries whose past is darkened by murder and racism

349 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

Richard Lee Rhodes is an American journalist, historian, and author of both fiction and non-fiction (which he prefers to call "verity"), including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb (1986), and most recently, Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race (2007). He has been awarded grants from the Ford Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation among others.

He is an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. He also frequently gives lectures and talks on a broad range of subjects to various audiences, including testifying before the U.S. Senate on nuclear energy.

Reviews

[LadyCalico · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sometimes exciting, sometimes sad adventure tale of a young woman set adrift by her beloved father's death who finds love, loses love, finds herself when caught in a terrorist uprising while on safari in Tanzania. It dragged in spots but overall was an enjoyable read.