An African Trilogy

Author:   Peter Matthiessen
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
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9781860467882


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   20 April 2000
Format:   Paperback
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A collection of three stunning essays on Africa by Peter Matthiessen - 'beyond dispute the best nature writer working today' (Peter Farb). During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent's many and diverse peoples and wildlife. The fruits of these journeys are three of the most impressive essays on the natural world of the late twentieth century. The Tree where Man Was Born documents wild landscapes, peoples and animals, observed in a series of journeys in East Africa, from the Sudan, south through Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, exploring the Serengeti, the Maasai Mara, the Ngorongoro crater and the archaeological sites of the Rift Valley. African Silences recounts two expeditions made to West and Central Africa, including Zaire (as it then was), Gabon and the Central African Republic. Sand Rivers describes the Selous game reserve in Southern Tanzania, one of the largest, but least-known refuges for animals left on earth, and provides an unforgettable portrait of this area and the fierce, lonely men who created it. These three classic works represent Matthiessen the naturalist at his finest; written an all-encompassing curiosity and knowledge that brings alive the people, places and wildlife he encounters, and updated with a new introduction by the author.

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Author:   Peter Matthiessen
Publisher:   Vintage Publishing
Imprint:   The Harvill Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9781860467882


ISBN 10:   1860467881
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   20 April 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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A profoundly moving portrait of the region... Even now, years after I first read it, The Tree Where Man was Born seems imbued with precious vision -- Jeremy Seal * Sunday Times * The skilled naturalist writer is almost as rare as the Congo peacock or the pygmy elephant - both subjects of the quest Peter Matthiessen conducts in African Silences. 'Skilled' is almost an insulting understatement for Matthiessen's sharply captivating prose -- Gary Mead * Financial Times * The Tree Where Man Was Born is a truly magnificent book that will be just as important 50 years from now -- Peter Farb


A profoundly moving portrait of the region... Even now, years after I first read it, The Tree Where Man was Born seems imbued with precious vision -- Jeremy Seal Sunday Times The skilled naturalist writer is almost as rare as the Congo peacock or the pygmy elephant - both subjects of the quest Peter Matthiessen conducts in African Silences. 'Skilled' is almost an insulting understatement for Matthiessen's sharply captivating prose -- Gary Mead Financial Times The Tree Where Man Was Born is a truly magnificent book that will be just as important 50 years from now -- Peter Farb


A profoundly moving portrait of the region... Even now, years after I first read it, The Tree Where Man was Born seems imbued with precious vision -- Jeremy Seal * Sunday Times * The skilled naturalist writer is almost as rare as the Congo peacock or the pygmy elephant - both subjects of the quest Peter Matthiessen conducts in African Silences. 'Skilled' is almost an insulting understatement for Matthiessen's sharply captivating prose -- Gary Mead * Financial Times * The Tree Where Man Was Born is a truly magnificent book that will be just as important 50 years from now -- Peter Farb


An African Trilogy brings together three classic works by the esteemed naturalist writer Peter Matthiessen. The Tree Where Man Was Born, first published in 1972, takes the reader on an eventful journey through East Africa from Sudan, through Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania taking in the game reserves and conservation areas of the Serengeti, the Masal Mara and the Ngorongoro Crater. In African Silences he travels in West Africa and Zaire and gives an uncompromising account of the ways in which the natural habitat is being destroyed. The latest book in the trilogy, Sand Rivers, focuses on one of the largest game reserves left on earth, the Selous in Southern Tanzania. As ever, Matthiessen creates memorable pictures of the African wildlife and the characters he encounters. This skilful and evocative writer explores the heart of tribal Africa in the 1970s and 80s with unique sympathy and insight. (Kirkus UK)


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Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

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