Black Gold - Black Scorpion Contributor(s): Boughton, George S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0993275605 ISBN-13: 9780993275609 Publisher: GB Publishing Org OUR PRICE: $10.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Real Estate - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
Dewey: 333.823 |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 5.25" W x 8" (0.38 lbs) 146 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - West Africa |
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Publisher Description: The BIAFRAN WAR (1967-1970) remembered half a century later STERN Magazine - TV Presenter JULIETTE FOSTER: "an intense, emotional memoir" Recounted are the lives of a young oil engineer, his wife and newborn child, during the Biafran War, when they inadvertently lived through one of the worst episodes of African history, experiencing first hand a life to which the international media initially had no access. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boughton, George S.: - "Born to English parents in Eritrea, George S Boughton, Chartered Engineer, BSc.MechE(Hons), MIMechE (UK), has had an internation education: Les Petit Oiseau (Rome), Roaring Brook Elementary School (New York), Wellington School (Somerset UK), and Northampton College of Advanced Technology (City University, London). Boughton went on to lead an expatriate life, firstly in oilfield engineering with Shell in Nigeria and the UK and then with Creole Production Services International in Kuwait. He was a partner of Form Arabia Furnishing in Kuwait, a consultant in change management with the Nichols Group in Hong Kong and then in information management services with Azeus Systems in Hong Kong and South Africa. Now based in the UK, this international lifestyle coupled with his deep knowledge of oil exploration and production as well as dire experiences working in conflict zones through the Biafran War have served him well in writing Black Gold - Black Scorpion." |