books by Beryl Markham
books:
Beryl Markham
Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories
Beryl Markham
North Point Press
, 1987
The Illustrated West With the Night
Beryl Markham
Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
, 1994
A beautiful but often fictional account of a great life
I've recently read the "autobiography" "West With The Night" for a Hight School history class. While I found Markham's book to be a beautifuly spun story of growing up in colonial Kenya and life in the early 1900s, this book left me with more questions than answers. ...
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
North Point Press
, 1982
More than a memoir
Much more than a memoir, Beryl Markham's work is a means of transport, not dissimilar to her beloved plane. It took me back to the Africa I lived in as a young bride, to its stark beauty, its dignified and desparate people, the language of its silences. Her tale of ...
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
Blackstone Audio Inc.
, 2007
In this beautifully written autobiography, Beryl Markham describes how at seventeen, when her father lost their farm and went to Peru, she chose to stay in Africa and began a highly successful career as a racehorse trainer. In her twenties, she gave up horses and started flying airplanes, becoming the first woman in East Africa to be granted a ...
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
North Point Press
, 1982
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