Wild Africa: Three Centuries of Nature Writing from Africa

by John A. Murray

Book Overview

"The Sea at Mombasa is as blue as cornflower," wrote Isak Dinesen, "and, outside the inlet to the harbour, the long breakers of the Indian Ocean draw a thin crooked white line, and give out a low thunder even in the calmest weather." Vast, untamed, mysterious, and profoundly beautiful, Africa has always exerted a powerful sway over its Western admirers. And the dual nature of the Dark Continent reflected in Dinesen's lines--a paradise with a dark,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195073770
• ISBN13: 9780195073775
• Release Date: May 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"