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 56
The blossoms of the different families are all of mountain blue , as if born of the
same mountain minerals , mountain rain . One cow pea has a large curled
blossom , and to each blossom comes a gold - banded black beetle that
consumes the ...
The blossoms of the different families are all of mountain blue , as if born of the
same mountain minerals , mountain rain . One cow pea has a large curled
blossom , and to each blossom comes a gold - banded black beetle that
consumes the ...
Page 112
We would go to the what thousands of animals had done for thouGol Mountains ,
in Maasai Land , and from there sands of years , ” said ... It ' s marvelous the ai ,
the Mountain of the God , called commonly way those animals smashed it flat .
We would go to the what thousands of animals had done for thouGol Mountains ,
in Maasai Land , and from there sands of years , ” said ... It ' s marvelous the ai ,
the Mountain of the God , called commonly way those animals smashed it flat .
Page 174
Mt . Kenya is a shard of rock thrust upward from the earth , but Kilima Njaro , the
White Mountain , has ascended into the sky , a ... Turning west again toward the
mountains , the track arrives at the rim of Ol Kerii , where the land falls a last few ...
Mt . Kenya is a shard of rock thrust upward from the earth , but Kilima Njaro , the
White Mountain , has ascended into the sky , a ... Turning west again toward the
mountains , the track arrives at the rim of Ol Kerii , where the land falls a last few ...
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