Peter Matthiessen AFRICAN SILENCES First Edition
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Peter Matthiessen AFRICAN SILENCES First Edition
First UK edition, first print hardback of AFRICAN SILENCES, by Peter Matthiessen and published by Harvill - Harper Collins Publishers, London in 1991.The book is in very good condition (Clean blue boards with silver lettering on spine) with only minor shelf wear to the dust jacket (minor creasing to the edges), which is not price clipped. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears and no inscriptions.
From the dust jacket blurb:
"Peter Matthiessen is beyond dispute the finest nature writer working today" PETER FARE
Peter Matthiessen is renowned for two classic works of travel writing and natural history The Tree Where Man Was Born and The Snow Leopard. In African Silences, he again combines the travel writer's curiosity and sense of adventure with the close observation of the naturalist, to take the reader on a spellbinding journey through Africa's last wildernesses.
In 1978 and again in 1986, Peter Matthiessen travelled through Senegal, Gambia, the Ivory Coast, Zaire and the Central African Republic to examine the fate of West African wildlife; in particular he was concerned about the "Forest Elephant" whose ivory was beginning to replace that of the larger bush elephant on the world markets. In the equatorial rain forests of West Africa he searched in vain for the elusive Jungle Peacock, but discovered the truth behind the long-rumoured existence of the "Pygmy Elephant" and, on the final journey to join an okapi research project in Zaire's Ituri Forest, he took part in an Mbuti Pygmy hunting party. This is Matthiessen at his best, taking the reader on hair-raising flights over forest and savannah, high-speed dashes by car along dirt roads, and slow journeys by river boat and jungle track to encounter rare and endangered animals and the wildlife biologists who study and attempt to protect them. African Silences is a work of lyrical beauty and great moral force. 225 pages.ISBN: 0 00 271186 9We use industry standard packagingPlease refer to the statement of delivery below:Items are sent promptly and well packed
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Peter Matthiessen AFRICAN SILENCES First Edition