Cry of the Kalahari /
Owens, Mark, 1944-
Cry of the Kalahari / Mark and Delia Owens. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984. - viii, 341 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Maps on lining papers by Lorraine Sneed; other maps by Larry A. Peters.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index.
Jumblies -- Water -- Fire -- Cry of the Kalahari -- Star -- Camp -- Maun: African frontier -- Bones -- Carnivore rivalry -- Lions in the rain -- Van der Westhuizen story -- Return to deception -- Gone from the valley -- Trophy shed -- Echo whisky golf -- Kalahari gypsies -- Gypsy cub -- Lions with no pride -- Dust of my friend -- School for scavengers -- Pepper -- Muffin -- Uranium -- Blue -- Black pearls in the desert -- Kalahari high.
This account of the authors' seven-year stay in Africa's Kalahari wilderness covers their adventures of survival, their contact with curious and dangerous animals, and the establishment of their conservation research project.
John Burroughs Medal, 1985
0395322146 9780395322147 0395647800 9780395647806 0395394139 9780395394137
84010771
Animals--Kalahari Desert.
Animals--Botswana.
Kalahari Desert--Description and travel.
Cry of the Kalahari / Mark and Delia Owens. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984. - viii, 341 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Maps on lining papers by Lorraine Sneed; other maps by Larry A. Peters.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-330) and index.
Jumblies -- Water -- Fire -- Cry of the Kalahari -- Star -- Camp -- Maun: African frontier -- Bones -- Carnivore rivalry -- Lions in the rain -- Van der Westhuizen story -- Return to deception -- Gone from the valley -- Trophy shed -- Echo whisky golf -- Kalahari gypsies -- Gypsy cub -- Lions with no pride -- Dust of my friend -- School for scavengers -- Pepper -- Muffin -- Uranium -- Blue -- Black pearls in the desert -- Kalahari high.
This account of the authors' seven-year stay in Africa's Kalahari wilderness covers their adventures of survival, their contact with curious and dangerous animals, and the establishment of their conservation research project.
John Burroughs Medal, 1985
0395322146 9780395322147 0395647800 9780395647806 0395394139 9780395394137
84010771
Animals--Kalahari Desert.
Animals--Botswana.
Kalahari Desert--Description and travel.