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 58
... strange element to man , yet he seemed more cheerful than the aristocratic idlers who stared away over the desert . Maikona lies at the south end of a black lava field that stretches north a hundred miles into Ethiopia ; the lava ends ...
... strange element to man , yet he seemed more cheerful than the aristocratic idlers who stared away over the desert . Maikona lies at the south end of a black lava field that stretches north a hundred miles into Ethiopia ; the lava ends ...
Page 83
... strange a place after a Hapsburg princeling . * Be- fore Teleki it was a lake of legend called " Samburu , " 22 but a better name still might be Anam , Great Water , a name used by the Turkana . There is no road around the south end of ...
... strange a place after a Hapsburg princeling . * Be- fore Teleki it was a lake of legend called " Samburu , " 22 but a better name still might be Anam , Great Water , a name used by the Turkana . There is no road around the south end of ...
Page 121
... strange stories " -the pervasive witchcraft and sorcery , which may be legitimate , in one's best interests , or may be used wrongfully , taking the law into one's own hands . The Kikuyu recognize nine categories of magic besides charms ...
... strange stories " -the pervasive witchcraft and sorcery , which may be legitimate , in one's best interests , or may be used wrongfully , taking the law into one's own hands . The Kikuyu recognize nine categories of magic besides charms ...
Contents
The Tree Where Man Was Born | 21 |
White Highlands | 31 |
Northwest Frontier | 49 |
Copyright | |
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