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Old 08-09-2012, 02:57 AM   #1072
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
It seems that is right. A 1955 book by Robert Ruark. I must confess I've never come across the title or the author before.
That's correct. It was about the Mau Mau uprisings in Kenya in the early '50s, made into a film starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter and Sidney Poitier. It holds some meaning to me, as my Dad was in the Military Police in Keyna at that time, and was assigned a detail to capture the Mau Mau insurgents. Not a time he ever spoke about. I confess I thought it would be better known by the MR crowd.
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