The Red Pelican: Life on Africa's Last Frontier

by Jon Arensen

Dick Lyth graduated from Oxford University in 1939 at the age of 21 and went to southern Sudan. With the start of WWII he signed up with the Sudan Defense Force. Lyth was given the rank of Major and sent to the Ethiopian/Sudan border to attack the incoming Italian forces and prevent them from reaching the Nile River. He trained 120 local warriors and waged a successful guerilla war - striking, withdrawing and eluding the Italian forces. After the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HGTT3HG
• ISBN13: 9798682739271
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"