An African Trilogy brings together three classic works by the
esteemed naturalist writer Peter Matthiessen. The Tree Where Man
Was Born, first published in 1972, takes the reader on an eventful
journey through East Africa from Sudan, through Uganda, Kenya and
Tanzania taking in the game reserves and conservation areas of the
Serengeti, the Masal Mara and the Ngorongoro Crater. In African
Silences he travels in West Africa and Zaire and gives an
uncompromising account of the ways in which the natural habitat is
being destroyed. The latest book in the trilogy, Sand Rivers,
focuses on one of the largest game reserves left on earth, the
Selous in Southern Tanzania. As ever, Matthiessen creates memorable
pictures of the African wildlife and the characters he encounters.
This skilful and evocative writer explores the heart of tribal
Africa in the 1970s and 80s with unique sympathy and insight.
(Kirkus UK)
During the 1970s and 1980s, Peter Matthiessen took part in a number
of expeditions to Africa, witnessing first-hand the continent's
many and diverse peoples and wildlife. The fruits of these journeys
are three of the most impressive essays on the natural world of the
late twentieth century. The Tree where Man Was Born documents wild
landscapes, peoples and animals, observed in a series of journeys
in East Africa, from the Sudan, south through Uganda, Kenya and
Tanzania, exploring the Serengeti, the Maasai Mara, the Ngorongoro
crater and the archaeological sites of the Rift Valley. African
Silences recounts two expeditions made to West and Central Africa,
including Zaire (as it then was), Gabon and the Central African
Republic. Sand Rivers describes the Selous game reserve in Southern
Tanzania, one of the largest, but least-known refuges for animals
left on earth, and provides an unforgettable portrait of this area
and the fierce, lonely men who created it. These three classic
works represent Matthiessen the naturalist at his finest; written
an all-encompassing curiosity and knowledge that brings alive the
people, places and wildlife he encounters, and updated with a new
introduction by the author.
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