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West with the Light - My Life in Nature (Paperback)
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West with the Light - My Life in Nature (Paperback)
Series: Bradt Travel Guides (Travel Literature)
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List price R321
Loot Price R264
Discovery Miles 2 640
You Save R57 (18%)
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'Don't send him to Torremolinos; it's not his kind of tundra.' Such
was the mantra of The Sunday Times when considering assignments for
Brian Jackman, for whom deserts, rain forests and mountain ranges
have always been more enticing habitats. After decades spent
travelling and writing about the places and wildlife that have
inspired him, one of the world's most experienced naturalists has
turned his focus onto the story of his inspirational life. 'This is
no ordinary autobiography', he says. West with the Light sweeps
through Jackman's wartime evacuation, grammar school, Soho jazz
clubs of the '50s and the navy to a career in travel journalism to
which his first marriage gave way before he found a new, true and
more lasting love that abides to this day in his beloved rural
Dorset. Beginning with memories of Edwardian London and the growth
of suburbia, it provides a vivid portrayal of post-war travel and
the rise of a new sort of tourism - ecotourism - set against the
background of the most turbulent decades the world has ever known.
Through it all shines Jackman's lifelong love of nature, instilled
by childhood holidays in the West country and the stories that led
to his passion for Africa and the big cats that that still walk
through his life and dreams. Rippling across continents with
Jackman's natural charm and hallmark stylish prose, his
recollections include lively first-hand encounters with pioneering
wildlife conservationists like George and Joy Adamson, Iain and
Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Richard Leakey, Gavin Maxwell and Jonathan
Scott. Travellers, wildlife enthusiasts, writers and anyone with a
love of adventure will adore this book.
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