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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Page 149
... Tsavo Park . John Owen had been kind enough to invite me to the conference , and on March 1 , 1969 , I flew with him to Tsavo . We left Arusha in mid - morning , passing south of black Mt. Meru and the broad back side of Kili- manjaro ...
... Tsavo Park . John Owen had been kind enough to invite me to the conference , and on March 1 , 1969 , I flew with him to Tsavo . We left Arusha in mid - morning , passing south of black Mt. Meru and the broad back side of Kili- manjaro ...
Page 150
... Tsavo , and subsequently was made manager of the Gal- ana River Game Management Scheme , a pi- oneering effort to crop wild herds for protein and profit . ) The battle raged in newspapers and journals throughout Africa and beyond , and ...
... Tsavo , and subsequently was made manager of the Gal- ana River Game Management Scheme , a pi- oneering effort to crop wild herds for protein and profit . ) The battle raged in newspapers and journals throughout Africa and beyond , and ...
Page 161
... Tsavo region on the way from Mombasa to Lake Rudolf in the last years of the nineteenth cen- tury , saw no elephants at all.7 The two planes cross the high land between rivers . Somewhere here there is a rock heaped up with pebbles ...
... Tsavo region on the way from Mombasa to Lake Rudolf in the last years of the nineteenth cen- tury , saw no elephants at all.7 The two planes cross the high land between rivers . Somewhere here there is a rock heaped up with pebbles ...
Contents
The Tree Where Man Was Born | 21 |
White Highlands | 31 |
Northwest Frontier | 49 |
Copyright | |
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