
How I Failed to Save the World
Or Forty Years of Foreign Aid
Gordon Bridger(Author)
AuthorHouse (Publisher)
Published on 10. July 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
212 pages
978-1-4343-9445-3 (ISBN)
Description
A personal, perceptive, witty and sometimes very funny account of living and working in countries as diverse as Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Ethiopia, Chile, Tonga, Bolivia, Fiji, the Maldives, Tanzania, Australia, Gilbert and Ellice Islands and many others. Besides providing a fascinating account of the many countries he lived in with his family, the book also includes an insight into what it was like living as a privileged member of the United Nations. Not only does the book cover such personal hair raising experiences as being required to steer a 10,000 ship across the Atlantic, and his wife having to drive through a military coup in Addis Ababa waving a white flag made from one of her pillow cases, but it also provides an insider's experience of working for international and national aid agencies. Finally it also explains how he ended up as Mayor of Guildford.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
352 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4343-9445-3 (9781434394453)
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Person
Canon Gordon Bridger ministered in churches in London, Cambridge, Edinburgh and Norwich, and was Principal of Oak Hill College, London, from 1987 to 1996. He was also a member of the preaching team at Cromer Parish Church, Norfolk, England.