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 28
... track and moved off westward toward the Sudd , pausing after a time to peer over its long shoulder . By midday , the track had come to Equatoria , the southernmost province of the Sudan , and late that afternoon it arrived at Juba ...
... track and moved off westward toward the Sudd , pausing after a time to peer over its long shoulder . By midday , the track had come to Equatoria , the southernmost province of the Sudan , and late that afternoon it arrived at Juba ...
Page 62
... track was very slow , and it was near daylight when we passed the track down to Allia Bay , barely discernible in the cinder waste . From a visit by air last year to Allia Bay , Anderson knew of a rock pool inland , at the head of a ...
... track was very slow , and it was near daylight when we passed the track down to Allia Bay , barely discernible in the cinder waste . From a visit by air last year to Allia Bay , Anderson knew of a rock pool inland , at the head of a ...
Page 174
... track turns off along that part of the Rift wall formed by the Crater Highlands , arriving eventually at the village of Engaruka , thirty - five miles north ; from there , it was said , a Maasai cattle path wound around the ramparts of ...
... track turns off along that part of the Rift wall formed by the Crater Highlands , arriving eventually at the village of Engaruka , thirty - five miles north ; from there , it was said , a Maasai cattle path wound around the ramparts of ...
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