The Tree where Man was BornIn this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories. |
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... Nile Omdurman Khartoum A Kosti Nile White Meroë ( ruins ) Blue Nile Lake Tana HIGH SEMIE RED SEA DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO APARS DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN O SHILLUK Malakal The Sudd SOUTHERN SUDAN Sobat ONUER White ...
... Nile Omdurman Khartoum A Kosti Nile White Meroë ( ruins ) Blue Nile Lake Tana HIGH SEMIE RED SEA DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO APARS DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN O SHILLUK Malakal The Sudd SOUTHERN SUDAN Sobat ONUER White ...
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... Nile , the desert was already spreading , and the work of drought was rapidly advanced by the goats of man , which ate the thorn that had sewn tight a land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are ...
... Nile , the desert was already spreading , and the work of drought was rapidly advanced by the goats of man , which ate the thorn that had sewn tight a land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are ...
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... Nile . One morning on the Nile peninsula , in a large company of tribesmen , I met two Shilluk who had ridden on the truck . Dressed as they were in mission pants , their pagan scars and fierce filed teeth could only seem grotesque ...
... Nile . One morning on the Nile peninsula , in a large company of tribesmen , I met two Shilluk who had ridden on the truck . Dressed as they were in mission pants , their pagan scars and fierce filed teeth could only seem grotesque ...
Contents
The Tree Where Man Was Born | 21 |
White Highlands | 31 |
Northwest Frontier | 49 |
Copyright | |
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