Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Wear to edges/corners of dust jacket including a one half inch tear at base of spine.Dust jacket has a couple of chips and tears as well . Stated first edition. Hardcover book has tan cloth boards and spine with brown lettering. Tight binding, nice clean book, no previous owner's marks. No remainder or ex-lib marks. Illustrated with color photographs. ; 1 x 11 x 9.3 Inches; 247 pages; In this classic volume, Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories.

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Titre: The Tree where Man Was Born The African Experience
�diteur: E. P. Dutton, New York
Date de parution: 1972
Langue: anglais
ISBN � 10 chiffres: 0525222650
ISBN � 13 chiffres: 9780525222651
Reliure: Hardcover
Illustrateur: Eliot Porter
�dition: 1st Edition
�tat de l'article: Near Fine
�tat de la jaquette: Very Good

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Book by Peter Matthiessen

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Peter Matthiessen was a naturalist, explorer and writer. His works of fiction include At Play in the Fields of the Lord, Far Tortuga and the acclaimed 'Watson Trilogy'. His explorations resulted in many fine works of non-fiction, among them The Snow Leopard, The Cloud Forest and The Tree where Man was Born. He died in 2014, aged 86.

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