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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... East Africa Company - later Lord Lugard , greatest of all African ad- ministrators - who had to fight them at what is now the Nairobi suburb of Dagoretti . " Kikuyu promised to be the most progressive station be- tween the coast and the ...
... East Africa Company - later Lord Lugard , greatest of all African ad- ministrators - who had to fight them at what is now the Nairobi suburb of Dagoretti . " Kikuyu promised to be the most progressive station be- tween the coast and the ...
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... East Africa , vol . I , Oxford , 1963 , p . 417 . 10. Jomo Kenyatta , Facing Mt. Kenya , London , 1938 . 11. Peter ... Africa , Random House , 1937 . 15. Peter Beard , op . cit . Chapter III 1. Gerhard Lindblom , The Akamba in British ...
... East Africa , vol . I , Oxford , 1963 , p . 417 . 10. Jomo Kenyatta , Facing Mt. Kenya , London , 1938 . 11. Peter ... Africa , Random House , 1937 . 15. Peter Beard , op . cit . Chapter III 1. Gerhard Lindblom , The Akamba in British ...
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Peter Matthiessen. Huntingford , G. W. B. " The Peopling of East Africa by Its Modern Inhabitants , " in Oliver and Matthew , History of East Africa , vol . 1 , Oxford , 1963 ; idem , " The Social Organisation of the Dorobo , " African ...
Peter Matthiessen. Huntingford , G. W. B. " The Peopling of East Africa by Its Modern Inhabitants , " in Oliver and Matthew , History of East Africa , vol . 1 , Oxford , 1963 ; idem , " The Social Organisation of the Dorobo , " African ...
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White Highlands | 27 |
Northwest Frontier | 55 |
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