The Dung Beetles of Liberia
Based on True Events

Readers’ Favorite review The Dung Beetles of Liberia by Daniel V Meier is the story of a young college undergraduate at Cornell who drops out of school to take a job flying planes in Liberia. He leaves behind his astonished family and his almost-fiancé in a bid to escape the demons that plague him o......more

The cover of this book was my first attraction to it. I was pleased to find, inside its pages, polished writing that kept me wanting to read. The story has humor, well-written dialogue, tension, and attention to detail in its descriptions. The Dung Beetles of Liberia is a book well worth reading, and......more

Really a very good read. I enjoyed how you never knew what was really coming in the next chapter, and the book really got me interested in Liberia specifically and West Africa in general, and the stories were told from a very matter-of-fact perspective without a partisan message -- something that I......more

Several years ago a close friend of mine moved from the good old USA into the backcountry of Central America. It was a bold move on his part, but as the next couple of years unfolded I became mesmerized by his tales of adventure and occasional danger. I thought they were so intriguing that I tried t......more

How do you review or better yet, rate a book that's based on true events? Especially if you were never a witness of these events? I am overly critical of books that are set in Africa, because one I am African and two there have been so many tales written that do not depict Africa as a friendly contin......more