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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... earth's morning , ' he skillfully blends history and anthropology with precise observations of animals and landscapes . " -Newsweek " ( Matthiessen's ) observations are detailed , perceptive , and always surprising . The scope of his ...
... earth's morning , ' he skillfully blends history and anthropology with precise observations of animals and landscapes . " -Newsweek " ( Matthiessen's ) observations are detailed , perceptive , and always surprising . The scope of his ...
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... earth's surface that only took place some fifty thousand years ago , in the time when the Rift Valley was created . In this wet period of the Middle Stone Age , the use of fire had already spread throughout the continent , and remains ...
... earth's surface that only took place some fifty thousand years ago , in the time when the Rift Valley was created . In this wet period of the Middle Stone Age , the use of fire had already spread throughout the continent , and remains ...
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... this buffalo ; Peter keeps the gun . The Hadza move on , bush by bush , glade by glade , checking bent grass , earth , and twigs , 374 darting through copses where one would have thought so large an animal could not have gone .
... this buffalo ; Peter keeps the gun . The Hadza move on , bush by bush , glade by glade , checking bent grass , earth , and twigs , 374 darting through copses where one would have thought so large an animal could not have gone .
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The Tree Where Man Was Born | 1 |
White Highlands | 27 |
Northwest Frontier | 55 |
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