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- Brief Synopsis:
- African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic degradation of the African landscape and its wildlife. Through his eyes we see elephants, white rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered creatures of the wild.
- Long Synopsis:
- African Silences is a powerful and sobering account of the cataclysmic degradation 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.
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 225 Pages
- ISBN-10:
- 0679731024
- Publisher:
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 07/30/09
- Copyright Date:
- 1991
- Copyrighted By:
- Peter Matthiessen
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Travel, Animals, Outdoors and Nature
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
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