West with the night / Beryl Markham.
Title:
West with the night / Beryl Markham.
ISBN:
9780865471184
9780865477636
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Publication Information:
New York : North Point Press, 1983.
Physical Description:
293 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1942.
Contents:
Message from Nungwe -- Men with blackwater die -- Stamp of wilderness -- Why do we fly? -- He was a good lion -- Still is the land -- Praise God for the blood of the bull -- And we be playmates, thou and I -- Royal exile -- Was there a horse with wings? -- My trail is north -- Hodi! -- Na Kupa Hati M'Zuri -- Errands of the wind -- Birth of a life -- Ivory and Sansevieria -- I may have to shoot him -- Captives of the rivers -- What of the hunting, hunter bold? -- Kwaheri means farewell -- Search for a Libyan fort -- Benghazi by candlelight -- West with the night -- Sea will take small pride.
Summary:
"West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s." -- Publisher.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 7.3 15.0 10148.
Reading Counts RC High School 7.1 23 Quiz: 16463 Guided reading level: NR.
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Audience:
1200L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm09642470
Availability:
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