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 109
... dark liq- uid eye and shifting its pretty feet on the cool bark . Now it had calmed , and gave its quiet call . Bushes at the kopje base began to twitch where mousebirds and bee - eaters stilled by the hush were going on about their ...
... dark liq- uid eye and shifting its pretty feet on the cool bark . Now it had calmed , and gave its quiet call . Bushes at the kopje base began to twitch where mousebirds and bee - eaters stilled by the hush were going on about their ...
Page 168
... dark was coming , and there was an elephant in this region that last year , having been approached incautiously , destroyed John Owen's friend , Baron Von Blumenthal . But Desmond Vesey - FitzGerald , who had seen these elephants ...
... dark was coming , and there was an elephant in this region that last year , having been approached incautiously , destroyed John Owen's friend , Baron Von Blumenthal . But Desmond Vesey - FitzGerald , who had seen these elephants ...
Page 204
... dark circles of flies at their infected eyes . Ordinarily the eyes are never treated , so that many Maasai become blind . One pretty woman wore a neck- lace of lion claw and a bit of old leather that Martin said was dawa or medicine ...
... dark circles of flies at their infected eyes . Ordinarily the eyes are never treated , so that many Maasai become blind . One pretty woman wore a neck- lace of lion claw and a bit of old leather that Martin said was dawa or medicine ...
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