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 56
... mountain minerals , mountain rain . One cow pea has a large curled blossom , and to each blossom comes a gold - banded black beetle that consumes the petals , and each beetle is attended by one or more black ants that seem to nip at its ...
... mountain minerals , mountain rain . One cow pea has a large curled blossom , and to each blossom comes a gold - banded black beetle that consumes the petals , and each beetle is attended by one or more black ants that seem to nip at its ...
Page 170
... mountain , and he took up his bow and resumed his journey one more time . The mountain was far away across a desert , and when he reached the foothills the old hunter was mor- tally tired . With the end of his strength , he climbed and ...
... mountain , and he took up his bow and resumed his journey one more time . The mountain was far away across a desert , and when he reached the foothills the old hunter was mor- tally tired . With the end of his strength , he climbed and ...
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... Mountain , has ascended into the sky , a place of religious resonance for tribes all around its horizons . The ... Mountains , which were born fifteen to twenty million years ago , in the early Pleisto- cene , when widespread eruptions ...
... Mountain , has ascended into the sky , a place of religious resonance for tribes all around its horizons . The ... Mountains , which were born fifteen to twenty million years ago , in the early Pleisto- cene , when widespread eruptions ...
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acacia animals arrow Bantu baobab Barabaig birds buffalo bush camp cattle century climb clouds Crater Highlands dark dead desert dogs Dorobo ears earth East Africa elephant Enderlein Engaruka escarpment eyes feet fire forest gazelle George Schaller Gidabembe Giga grass Hadza Hamitic head herd herdsmen hide hills hunters hunting huts hyena Iain Isanzu Kamba Kenya Kikuyu killed Kopjes Lake Natron Lake Rudolf Land Rover Lengai leopard light lion live Llo-molo Maasai Maasai Land Magadi Magandula Mangati Manyara Mbulu Meru miles mountain Myles Nairobi Nangai Natron Ngorongoro night Nile numbers Ol Doinyo Lengai park plain rain region rhino Rift river road rock safari Samburu Schaller Serengeti Seronera shadow Sipunga Sonjo spears stone stood Sudan Tanzania thorn tion track trees tribes Tsavo tsetse Turkana turned valley volcano vultures wild wildebeest wind wood Yaida Chini zebra