King Peggy An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village

Name: King Peggy An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
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ISBN: 9780307742810

ISBN-10: 0307742814

ISBN-13: 9780307742810

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Authors: Peggielene Bartels, Eleanor Herman

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The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa.King Peggyhas the sweetness and quirkiness ofThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agencyseries and the hopeful sense of possibility ofHalf the Sky. King Peggychronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, and no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/12/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

The author of Sex with Kings and Sex with the Queen , New York Times bestselling historian Eleanor Herman has hosted episodes for the National Geographic Channel and the History Channel's Lost Worlds . Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she is married and lives in McLean, Virginia.



Map of King Peggy's Village of Otuam, Ghana


Prologue



Washington, D.C., August-September 2008



Ghana, September 2008



Washington, D.C., October 2008-September 2009



Ghana, September-November 2009



Washington, D.C., November 2009-September 2010



Ghana, September-October 2010


Epilogue


Authors' Note


Acknowledgments