The Tree Where Man Was Born (Penguin Classics)

By Matthiessen, Peter & Goodall, Jane

Publishers Summary:
A timeless and majestic portrait of Africa by the National Book Award-winning author of The Snow Leopard, now with a new introduction by Jane Goodall. A finalist for the National Book Award when it was released in 1972, this vivid portrait of East Africa remains as fresh and revelatory now as on the day it was first published. Peter Matthiessen exquisitely combines nature and travel writing to portray the sights, scenes, and people he observed firsthand in several trips over the course of a dozen years. From the daily lives of wild herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity's origins in the rift valley, The Tree Where Man Was Born is a classic of journalistic observation.

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ISBN
978-0-14310-624-1
Publisher
Penguin Classics


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Reviewed on September 2, 2010

A National Book Award finalist upon its initial release in 1972, this work chronicles several of Matthiessen's trips throughout East Africa. Using a part natural...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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