Books

East Africa  Adventuring in East Africa " - By Allen Bechky. Sierra Club 1990 $15 Part of the Sierra Club travel guide series. Excellent background information on history, geography, culture and wildlife. A must read for safari travelers to and . Information is drawn from his own travels and as a leader of Mountain Travel safaris. The book contains an excellent bibliography with comments. "Birds of and Northern Tanzania " - Zimmerman, Turner, Pearson & Willis. Princeton University Press 1996 "National Audubon Society Field Guide to African Wildlife" - Alden, Estes, Schlitter & McBride. 988 pages. Knopf 1995   "Guide to Mount and Kilimanjaro" - Iain Allen 1991 Iain Allen organizes and leads small group safaris in . Fine trip leaders and outstanding staff provide luxury camping trips that avoid crowded areas. Recommended operator for family safaris. Contact Next Adventure. "Out Of Africa " - Isak Dinesen   "West with the Night" - Beryl Markham "Lunatic Express" - Charles Miller "Masai" - Tepilit Saitoti, Abrams. 1980 "Year of the Gorilla" - George Schaller   "The Tree Where Man Was Born" - Peter Matthiessen "Green Hills of Africa " - Ernest Hemingway "The White Nile " - Alan Morehead Southern Africa   Adventuring In Southern Africa " - Allen Bechky, Sierra Club Press. 1997. Probably the best guide to , , , and for middle and up-market travelers. Combines history, culture, geography, wildlife and safari information all in one source. Bechky has spent 20 years traveling the safari countries of Africa . Concentrates on main areas of interest in each country for people who want to experience the most on their Africa journey.   "Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa " - Kenneth Newman "Sasol Birds of Southern Africa " - Ian Sinclair "Scramble For Africa : White Man’s Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912"  - Thomas Pakenham. A must read for understanding contemporary Africa . The acclaimed author of "The Boer War" delivers a sweeping narrative history of the European scramble for control of Africa that took place in the late 1800s. Vivid, colorful, and breathtaking, this is the first full-scale history of the conquest, called "a valuable single-volume reference guide to its wonderfully complicated and fascinating subject" by The Wall Street Journal. Illustrated. "African Laughter", "African Stories", "Under My Skin", "Grass Is Singing" Among the books by Doris Lessing. Famed contemporary writer. Born in in 1919 and moved to Southern Rhodesia when she was age 5. "Elephant Song" Among the many African books by Wilbur Smith.. A paperback novel set in . Good read and interesting background material. Smith has written some 20 novels on Africa .   "Cry Of The Kalahari" and "Eye Of The Elephant" Books by Mark and Delia Owen. Two wonderful stories of the couples attempts to preserve the wildlife of and North Luangwa National Park in . ", and " 1995 and ", & " 1996 Lots of information on each country. Useful as reference once you know which areas you plan to visit.   "Safari: A Chronicle Of Adventure" - Bartle Bull, Penguin Books 1988 Recommended reading for everyone going on safari. Excellent historical, geographic, culture and wildlife information to help you appreciate your journey to Africa .   "Mukiwa…A White Boy In Africa " - by Peter Godwin, Harper Perennial 1997 The author was raised in prior to independence. Helps in understanding this area of Africa . "Sir Garfield Todd and the Making of ", 1997 "The Women of ", 1986 and " and the New Elite", 1993 -Three books by Ruth Weiss.   "Field Guide to the Mammals of Southern Africa " - Chris Stuart, Tilde Stuart. Ralph Curtis Publications 1989.   There are many travel book stores that contain vast collections of books on Africa . A good Internet source is:   http://www.longitudebooks.com/bin/find?c=2   Also check out:  http://www.africanreviewofbooks.com

 

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