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 113
... Maasai shields ; the white and yellow come from clays , the black from ash ... Land . Leite's people were part of the last wave of lean herdsmen to descend ... Maasai tribes were farther to the east , in the grasslands and sur- rounding ...
... Maasai shields ; the white and yellow come from clays , the black from ash ... Land . Leite's people were part of the last wave of lean herdsmen to descend ... Maasai tribes were farther to the east , in the grasslands and sur- rounding ...
Page 148
... Maasai Steppe , the broad trackless central plateau of Tanzania . On the ... land- scape like blood welling in scraped skin . Off to the west lay Dodoma ... Maasai Steppe , the two hundred - mile southern extension of Maasai Land . Here ...
... Maasai Steppe , the broad trackless central plateau of Tanzania . On the ... land- scape like blood welling in scraped skin . Off to the west lay Dodoma ... Maasai Steppe , the two hundred - mile southern extension of Maasai Land . Here ...
Page 169
... Maasai ; Thomson , in 1883 , was the first Euro- pean to cross Maasai Land to Lake Victoria and return . " We soon set our eyes upon the dreaded warriors that had been so long the subject of my waking dreams , and I could not but ...
... Maasai ; Thomson , in 1883 , was the first Euro- pean to cross Maasai Land to Lake Victoria and return . " We soon set our eyes upon the dreaded warriors that had been so long the subject of my waking dreams , and I could not but ...
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