West with the night /

Markham, Beryl.

West with the night / Beryl Markham. - Paperback edition. - xv, 293 pages ; 21 cm

"Originally published in 1942 by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston"--Title page verso.

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.

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.



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