Barefoot Over the Serengeti
Title | Barefoot Over the Serengeti PDF eBook |
Author | David Read |
Publisher | David Read |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9789987892020 |
A real "Boy's Own" adventure - but Barefoot over the Serengeti is factual, not fiction. It is a unique and evocative tale of childhood adventure in a world that very few Europeans have experienced. Barefoot is a "must read" for anyone even remotely interested in Africa!
My Serengeti Years
Title | My Serengeti Years PDF eBook |
Author | Myles Turner |
Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1988-05 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780393333787 |
Beating about the Bush
Title | Beating about the Bush PDF eBook |
Author | David Read |
Publisher | Tylis Music Group |
Pages | 298 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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'Beating about the Bush' is the eagerly awaited follow-up to 'Barefoot Over The Serengeti', the tale of a young boy's life with the Masai, on the predator-rich plains of, what is now, the most famous game park on Earth. This book charts the life of David Read from the period of 1936 to 1952 in the colony of Tanganyika (modern day Tanzania), as he comes to grips with his first schooling, his move to the Lupa Goldfields and the onset of adult life. Caught up in the War he marches his regiment of Masai and Samburu warriors from Eritrea to Kenya before leading them via Madagascar to the jungles of India and Burma. After demobilisation he becomes a vetinary officer, and it is here that his childhood experience comes into its own, as he roams the African bush, gazetting East Africa's game parks, investigating ritual tribal murder and learning about the reclusive hunter-gatherer Ndorobo people. As a farmer, cattle dealer, hunter, aviator, fisherman, boat builder and author David had a unique quiver of qualifications. His heart and soul belonged to Africa, the place he never wanted to leave and the place he called home. In July 2015 David travelled his last safari accompanied by his family and hundreds of African and European friends
Where the Rivers Run North
Title | Where the Rivers Run North PDF eBook |
Author | Sam Morton |
Publisher | Greenleaf Book Group |
Pages | 631 |
Release | 2014-06-03 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1938416716 |
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND TRAVELERS had crossed the Oregon Trail during the gold rush of 1849. Even the most backwoods warrior understood what that meant: disease, death, and conflict with the whites. As a result of the Treaty of 1851, some Indians were convinced that the country to the north—called Absaraka—might be a better option for a home range. At the very least, it held the promise of less trouble from the whites. The danger from other tribes was another matter.
An Unspoken Hunger
Title | An Unspoken Hunger PDF eBook |
Author | Terry Tempest Williams |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2015-03-18 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 110191243X |
The acclaimed author of Refuge here weaves together a resonant and often rhapsodic manifesto on behalf of the landscapes she loves, combining the power of her observations in the field with her personal experience—as a woman, a Mormon, and a Westerner. Through the grace of her stories we come to see how a lack of intimacy with the natural world has initiated a lack of intimacy with each other. Williams shadows lions on the Serengeti and spots night herons in the Bronx. She pays homage to the rogue spirits of Edward Abbey and Georgia O’Keeffe, contemplates the unfathomable wildness of bears, and directs us to a politics of place. The result is an utterly persuasive book—one that has the power to change the way we live upon the earth.
We All Went on Safari
Title | We All Went on Safari PDF eBook |
Author | Laurie Krebs |
Publisher | Barefoot Books |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781841481197 |
Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African animals as they count from one to ten.
West with the Night
Title | West with the Night PDF eBook |
Author | Beryl Markham |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780865471184 |
Autobiography detailing the author's life in Africa and career as a pilot.