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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Peter Matthiessen. X At Gidabembe The Abatwa are very much smaller people than all small people ; they go under the grass and sleep in anthills ; they go in the mist ; they live in the up country in the rocks .. Their village is ...
Peter Matthiessen. X At Gidabembe The Abatwa are very much smaller people than all small people ; they go under the grass and sleep in anthills ; they go in the mist ; they live in the up country in the rocks .. Their village is ...
Page 222
... Gidabembe rocks fall to the river edge , two hundred feet below . On the far side of the river lies low heavy forest , and beyond the forest is acacia savanna with big trees . Mbulu people have come down off the escarpment to clear ...
... Gidabembe rocks fall to the river edge , two hundred feet below . On the far side of the river lies low heavy forest , and beyond the forest is acacia savanna with big trees . Mbulu people have come down off the escarpment to clear ...
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... ( Gidabembe ) Gimbe ( Gidabembe ) Aleicester Graham ( Langata ) Dr. Peter Greenway , O. B. E. ( East African Herbarium ) Dr. Bernhard Grzimek ( Seronera ) Patrick Hemingway ( Arusha ) ( 1961 ) Jane and Hillary Hook ( Kiganjo ) Nancy and ...
... ( Gidabembe ) Gimbe ( Gidabembe ) Aleicester Graham ( Langata ) Dr. Peter Greenway , O. B. E. ( East African Herbarium ) Dr. Bernhard Grzimek ( Seronera ) Patrick Hemingway ( Arusha ) ( 1961 ) Jane and Hillary Hook ( Kiganjo ) Nancy and ...
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