Dessarres Eve (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Laminated, pictorial covers. Small tear at the foot of the spine. Splitting and loosening at the front endpapers. Mild wear otherwise. 187 pages with color illustrations by Monique Gorde. This book is the two hundred and fiftieth in the Dauphine series. SUMMARY IN FRENCH (from the Introduction): "Thierry vit seul avec sa grand-mere. Il est triste: ses camarades ne veulent pas croire que son pere chasse les crocodiles en Haute-Volta! Il faudra que se grand-mere tombe malade et qu'Eric, son cousin, accepte de l'emmener avec lui en Afrique pour que Thierry retrouve enfin ce pere dont il revait. Avec lui il vivra les heures dangereuses mais passionnantes de la chasse aux crocodiles." ENGLISH TRANSLATION: "Thierry lives alone with his grandmother. He's sad: his friends won't believe his father is hunting crocodiles in Upper Volta! It takes his grandmother getting sick and Eric, his cousin, agreeing to take her with him to Africa for Thierry to finally find the father he's been dreaming of. With him, he'll experience the dangerous but exciting days of crocodile hunting.". Monique Gorde (illustrator).…