SOMETHING OF VALUE and UHURU

1.Something of Value

First edition, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1955: 549 pages, original blue cloth boards titled in silver on the spine, light foxing, a good copy in a slightly worn dust jacket.

2.Uhuru
First edition, Hamish Hamilton, London, 1962

Original black boards with bright and complete unclipped dustcover. Foreword x + 528 pages text. Very clean copy.

Robert Ruark's first bestselling novel was published in 1955. Entitled Something of Value, it describes the Mau Mau Uprising by Kenyan rebels against British rule. The novel drew from the author's personal knowledge and experiences on safari in Africa, and was adapted into a successful 1957 film, Something of Value. Uhuru, a novel with a similar theme, but not intended to be a sequel, was published in 1962. "Uhuru" is the Swahili word for freedom. He had intended to write a final chapter in the series with the working title of A Long View From a Tall Hill, but this never materialized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ruark