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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... Nile Omdurman Khartoum SUD A Kosti SOUTHERN The Sudd SUDAN EQU Nile Z White Malakal Sobat Kongor White Nile A T Juba O Blue Nile RIA Lake Tana RED DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO S E A 4- AFARS ( DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN HIGH ...
... Nile Omdurman Khartoum SUD A Kosti SOUTHERN The Sudd SUDAN EQU Nile Z White Malakal Sobat Kongor White Nile A T Juba O Blue Nile RIA Lake Tana RED DAHLAK ARCHIPELAGO S E A 4- AFARS ( DANAKIL ) AND ISSAS TERR . Djibouti GULF OF ADEN HIGH ...
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... Nile , the desert was already spreading , and the work of drought was rapidly advanced by the goats of man , which ate the thorn that had sewn tight a land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are ...
... Nile , the desert was already spreading , and the work of drought was rapidly advanced by the goats of man , which ate the thorn that had sewn tight a land that soon unraveled into sand . The Stone Age hunters found by the Asians are ...
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... Nile , and still contains the great Nile perch , two hundred pounds or better , as well as Kenya's last signifi- cant population of the Nile crocodile . Today the brackish lake is six hundred feet below the for- mer channel to the Nile ...
... Nile , and still contains the great Nile perch , two hundred pounds or better , as well as Kenya's last signifi- cant population of the Nile crocodile . Today the brackish lake is six hundred feet below the for- mer channel to the Nile ...
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