The Flame Trees Of Thika - Memories of an African Childhood (Paperback)

When Elspeth Huxley's pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home: five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination: building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley's unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
Authors:	Elspeth Huxley
Dimensions:	197 x 130 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	274
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-957726-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > African history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > African history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-09-957726-7
Barcode:	9780099577263

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