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 142
... elephant herds , stinkbark acacia were scattered like sticks , the haze of yellow blossoms bright in the killed trees . Through the center of the destruction , west to east , ran a great muddied thoroughfare of the sort described by ...
... elephant herds , stinkbark acacia were scattered like sticks , the haze of yellow blossoms bright in the killed trees . Through the center of the destruction , west to east , ran a great muddied thoroughfare of the sort described by ...
Page 149
... elephant damage to the lovely winter thorn and baobab near park headquarters ; they wanted an elephant control program set up at once . While their feelings were understandable , neither Douglas - Hamilton nor I agreed that slaughter ...
... elephant damage to the lovely winter thorn and baobab near park headquarters ; they wanted an elephant control program set up at once . While their feelings were understandable , neither Douglas - Hamilton nor I agreed that slaughter ...
Page 150
... elephant populations were out of balance with their environment but felt that regulatory mechanisms such as loss of fertil- ity would take care of this . There were no known occasions , he declared , when elephants had made their ...
... elephant populations were out of balance with their environment but felt that regulatory mechanisms such as loss of fertil- ity would take care of this . There were no known occasions , he declared , when elephants had made their ...
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