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Beryl Markham Books

    Beryl Markham was an English author who emigrated to Kenya in her childhood. Her life was marked by adventure and nonconformity, becoming Kenya's first licensed horse trainer and an accomplished pilot. She captured her experiences and independent spirit in her most famous memoir, which was rediscovered years later and found renewed popularity. Her writing is often associated with wild landscapes and an untamed soul.

    Rivalen der Wüste und andere Erzählungen aus Afrika
    The Illustrated West With the Night

    • The Illustrated West With the Night

      • 294 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.3(531)Add rating

      The dramatic true story of a remarkable woman growing up in Africa in the 1920s: the excitement of big game hunting and horse training, and the first solo flight across the Atlantic from east to west. It's named one of the ten greatest adventure books of all time, as selected by a panel assembled by National Geographic Adventure. The author describes growing up in an Africa that no longer exists, training and breeding race horses, flying mail to Sudan, and being the first woman to fly the Atlantic from east to west

      The Illustrated West With the Night