The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre

The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan

Ben Macintyre

368 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous informative medium-paced
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The riveting story that inspired Kipling's classic tale and a John Huston movieThe true story of Josiah Harlan, a Pennsylvania Quaker and the first American ever to enter Afghanistan, has never been told before. Soldier, spy, doctor, naturalist, t...

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