The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan (2004)

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Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 0374201781

Condition: Very Good

The book has a slight amount of shelf wear.

Contents Description:

In the winter of 1838, an adventurer, surrounded by native troops and mounted on an elephant, raised the American flag on the summit of the Hindu Kush in the mountainous wilds of Afghanistan. He declared himself Prince of Ghor, Paramount Chief of the Hazarajat, and the spiritual and military heir to Alexander the Great. His name was Josiah Harlan. A Pennsylvania Quaker, Harlan was the first American ever to enter Afghanistan. - from the inside flap