| Description |
xv, 293 p. ; 21 cm. + 1 notebook ((unpaged) ; 28 cm.) in canvas bag. |
| Note |
"With a new introduction by Sara Wheeler"--P. [1] of cover. |
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"Originally published in 1942 by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. Published in 1983 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ths paperback edition, 2013"--T.p. verso. |
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Each Book Group Kit, contained in a canvas bag, includes 12 copies of the book and one copy of a notebook containing book reviews, discussion questions, author information, a bibliography of the titles in the Book Group Kit collection, bibliographies of books and websites on book groups and enhancements (articles, maps or pictures) to help understand the book. |
| Contents |
Message from Nungwe -- Men with blackwater die -- Stamp of wilderness -- Why do we fly? -- He was a good lion -- Still is the land -- Praise God for the blood of the bull -- And we be playmates, thou and I -- Royal exile -- Was there a horse with wings? -- My trail is north -- Hodi! -- Na Kupa Hati M'Zuri -- Errands of the wind -- Birth of a life -- Ivory and Sansevieria -- I may have to shoot him -- Captives of the rivers -- What of the hunting, hunter bold? -- Kwaheri means farewell -- Search for a Libyan fort -- Benghazi by candlelight -- West with the night -- Sea will take small pride. |
| Summary |
West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. |
| Subject |
Markham, Beryl.
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Women air pilots -- Biography.
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Women air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Women air pilots -- Africa -- Biography.
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Africa, East -- Description and travel.
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| ISBN |
9780865477636 (paperback) |
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0865477639 (paperback) |
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