The Tree Where Man Was Born [electronic resource]
Peter Matthiessen2010
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A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by renowned writer Peter Matthiessen
(1927-2014), author of the National Book Award-winning The Snow Leopard and the
new novel In Paradise
A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid
portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was
first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel
writing to portray the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in
several trips over the course of a dozen years. From the daily lives of wild
herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating
wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity's origins in the rift
valley, The Tree Where Man Was Born is a classic of journalistic observation.
This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by groundbreaking British
primatologist Jane Goodall.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher o...
Main title:
The Tree Where Man Was Born [electronic resource] / Peter Matthiessen
Author:
Peter Matthiessen, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Penguin Classics, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (304 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781101663196
Language:
English
BRN:
435933
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |