An African Trilogy

Paperback. Pub Date: July. 2000 Pages: 640 Publisher: Harvill Pr During the 1970s and 1980s PART Peter Matthiessen took 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...