Joan Mark is an associate in the history of anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. She is the author of A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians (Nebraska 1988).

"[A] fine book, a carefully considered character study that quickly turns into a psychological page-turner."-Boston Book Review Boston Book Review "The engrossing story of a true eccentric who fled his family of prominent Bostonians to set up a little kingdom in colonial Africa."-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly "An enthralling blend of biography and travel writing."-Booklist Booklist "Chronicles the erratic saga of this charismatic man."-New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review "Compelling ... like a grand guignol novel."-Anthropos Anthropos "An intelligent biography of a quixotic American."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews

Joan Mark is an associate in the history of anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. She is the author of A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians (Nebraska 1988).

"[A] fine book, a carefully considered character study that quickly turns into a psychological page-turner."-Boston Book Review Boston Book Review "The engrossing story of a true eccentric who fled his family of prominent Bostonians to set up a little kingdom in colonial Africa."-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly "An enthralling blend of biography and travel writing."-Booklist Booklist "Chronicles the erratic saga of this charismatic man."-New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review "Compelling ... like a grand guignol novel."-Anthropos Anthropos "An intelligent biography of a quixotic American."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews

Joan Mark is an associate in the history of anthropology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. She is the author of A Stranger in Her Native Land: Alice Fletcher and the American Indians (Nebraska 1988).

"[A] fine book, a carefully considered character study that quickly turns into a psychological page-turner."-Boston Book Review Boston Book Review "The engrossing story of a true eccentric who fled his family of prominent Bostonians to set up a little kingdom in colonial Africa."-Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly "An enthralling blend of biography and travel writing."-Booklist Booklist "Chronicles the erratic saga of this charismatic man."-New York Times Book Review New York Times Book Review "Compelling ... like a grand guignol novel."-Anthropos Anthropos "An intelligent biography of a quixotic American."-Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews