African Silences

Nonfiction, Travel, Africa, Science & Nature, Science, Biological Sciences, Zoology, Nature, Environment, Environmental Conservation & Protection
Cover of the book African Silences by Peter Matthiessen, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 9780307819673
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 25, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Peter Matthiessen
ISBN: 9780307819673
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 25, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man Was Born -- nominated for the National Book Award -- and Sand Rivers.

Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild. We share the drama of the journeys themselves, including a hazardous crossing of the continent in a light plane. And along the way, we learn of the human lives oppressed by bankrupt political regimes and economies, and threatened by the slow ecological catastrophe to which they have only begun to awaken.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic depredation of the African landscape and its wildlife. In this critically acclaimed work Peter Matthiessen explores new terrain on a continent he has written about in two previous books, A Tree Where Man Was Born -- nominated for the National Book Award -- and Sand Rivers.

Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild. We share the drama of the journeys themselves, including a hazardous crossing of the continent in a light plane. And along the way, we learn of the human lives oppressed by bankrupt political regimes and economies, and threatened by the slow ecological catastrophe to which they have only begun to awaken.

More books from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Cover of the book The House in Paris by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Composing a Further Life by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book The Fashionable Mind by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book The Exception by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book God in the Qur'an by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Far Afield by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book The Four Temperaments by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Songs Without Words by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book The Stories of Alice Adams by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Gilgamesh by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Vermeer in Bosnia by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Life Is Meals by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Hunting Mister Heartbreak by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Arabesque by Peter Matthiessen
Cover of the book Butter Baked Goods by Peter Matthiessen
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy