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Title: The Tree Where Man Was Born by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0-14-023934-0 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good combination of natural atmosphere and history
Comment: I wasn't certain what to expect when I got this book. I was a bit concerned that since it was written about experiences in the 1960's that it would feel a bit dated. Although the 1960's view of the future of East Africa's peoples and wildlife is not entirely accurate, I am finding the book to be an excellent way to prepare for a trip to Tanzania--for someone wanting a combination of background on the peoples, landscape and wildlife. Matthiessen's usual subdued, to me, dry style seems leavened a bit by his awe. And the account of the elephant researcher who's 'close encounter' approach puts Matthiessen off his feed, was really enjoyable to me--a departure from his usual, very dry approach. I recommend this one to anyone interested in the peoples and wildlife of Eastern Africa.
Rating: 5
Summary: A loving and detailed account of a difficult journey
Comment: Is there anyplace wild enough to lift the weight that Occidental culture has placed on our shoulders? Africa, where the first man walked erect, may be the last place where man can feel awed enough by Nature to try and remember that he, also, is just another among the millions of other species that populate the planet. Paul Bowles, Bruce Chatwin, Doris Lessing, Isaak Dinesen and Peter Mattieshen found that answer, and shared the experience. In Mattieshen's poetic account, the tragic and fabulous beauty of a continent that has been devastated by greed and war is revealed, as the impossibility of traveling Africa and not falling in love with it and being changed by it forever.
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Title: African Silences by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0679731024 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0140255087 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0679737413 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates by Richard D. Estes, Daniel Otte ISBN: 1890132446 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: The Worlds of a Maasai Warrior: An Autobiography by Tepilit Ole Saitoti ISBN: 0520063252 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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