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Cry Of The Kalahari

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  • Mariner Books

  • Paru le : 22/04/2014
An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens' travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?"A remarkable story... > Lire la suite
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An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens' travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?"A remarkable story beautifully told.Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist."-Chicago Tribune  Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert.
There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles.?In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, working alongside animals that had never before been exposed to humans including lions, brown hyenas, jackals, and giraffes. It is also a gripping account of how they survived the dangers of living in one of the last and largest pristine areas on Earth.
Travelers and animal lovers alike will be instantly captivated by their tale.

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  • Date de parution : 22/04/2014
  • Editeur : Mariner Books
  • ISBN : 978-0-544-34164-7
  • EAN : 9780544341647
  • Format : ePub
  • Nb. de pages : 384 pages
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Pages : 384
    • Protection num. : Contenu protégé

À propos des auteurs

When Mark and Delia Owens first went to Africa in 1974, they bought a thirdhand Land Rover, drove deep into the Kalahari Desert, and lived there for seven years. They are the authors of Cry of the Kalahari, an international bestseller and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. After more than 30 years in Africa, they returned to the United States to carry on their conservation work. DELIA OWENS is the author of the bestselling Where the Crawdads Sing, her first novel, and the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa: Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of theElephant, and Secrets of the Savanna.
She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in Idaho, where she continues her support for the people and wildlife of Zambia.
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