OPERATION COLD CHOP: the COUP that TOPPLED NKRUMAH by BARKER/GHANA/ RARE1969 1ST

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OPERATION COLD CHOP: the COUP that TOPPLED NKRUMAH by BARKER/GHANA/ RARE1969 1ST OPERATION COLD CHOP: THE COUP THAT TOPPLED NKRUMAH. BY PETER BARKER. COVER DESIGN BY K. B. ARKORFUL. DRAWINGS BY PROSPER TAWIA. MAPS BY KWEINORTEY. Ghana: Ghana Publishing Corporation, 1969. First Edition. Rare. A very hard to find and fascinating book about one of the first coups in Africa, that toppled the first elected President. Published more than 40 years ago in Ghana, this book is now long out of print and very scarce, and can sell for $70 or more. Another original edition is not likely to come up for sale again soon on ebay. Note: "Chop' is West African Pidgin English for 'food,' and 'cold chop' is a meal that can be served instantly, without heating or cooking. 'Cold Chop' has thus become a slang expression for anything that can be got easily or without much effort." From the Preface: "Nkrumah fell from power in February 1966. The planning which lay behind the dramatic events of 24 February, the characters or main actors, and the hour-by-hour progress of the operation, were soon subjects for eager speculation in Ghana and abroad. It seemed that a contemporary account of these things, based on first-hand information, would be of interest and value to the public. "Most of the research for this book was done in April 1966, when details of the coup were fresh in everyone's memory. Some fifty people were interviewed, from Lieutenant-General Ankrah, the late Lieutenant-General Kotoka and other members of the N.L.C. to junior civil servants and teachers. I should like to thank all of them for their courtesy and frankness in satisfying a writer's curiosity: I wish I thought that an African writer, carrying out this sort of assignment in Britain would have a similar reception. "The narrative contains a good deal of direct speech quoted to me during interviews. Sometimes I have adapted other material from interviews to make dialogue, but at all important points conversation in inverted commas is based on at least one person's account of what was said, and in most cases it has been read by someone else who was present. "The manuscript was read in whole or in part by the leading figures in the story...The small figures in the text refer to notes which will be found at the end of the book." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12mo - sized softcover book; viii + 210 pages of text, a map, and a few drawings. Good+ condition book: small tear on title page and a couple following pages; wrinkling on first few pages; otherwise no torn or missing pages; no writing or markings in the text; pages have darkened; no ownership markings. Original binding, with light wear to edges and spinetips, minor spots. A solid and attractive copy of this scarce book. Please look through my other auction listings- I have listed many scarce and unusual books this week on ebay. Please bid on more than one book, because I will be happy to reduce shipping costs for multiple purchases; media mail postage is $4 for this listing, and $1 for each additional book that you win from me. International bids welcomed, international airmail postage $10; Canadian airmail postage $7.2 NO RESERVE $3.00 for Media Mail postage within the United States.$10.00 for international air mail postage. . 04.07.018 read more

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