The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre

The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan

Ben Macintyre

377 pages digital 2004

6 editions

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In the year 1838, a young adventurer, surrounded by his 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, Lord of the Haz...

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