The African Queen
by C. S. Forester · first published 1986
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English missionary's sister enlists aid of mechanic in blowing up German gunboat on African lake.
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…timelines, and world maps. Do that. Try reading a novel that's been made into a good film. Follow along reading and comparing the film adaptation to the novel. Something like C. S. Forester's book The African Queen and the 1951 film directed by John Huston. Pick a novel that riffs on subjects you're already into. Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar involves psychology as a major plot element, as do One Flew Over the Cuckoo's…
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