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Mark & Delia Owens - Cry of The Kalahari (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
With an Introduction by Ben Fogle.
The incredible memoir by international bestselling author of Where The Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens and her then partner Mark Owens', charting their time researching wildlife in the Kalahari Desert. Reissued and in full colour, for the first time since its original publication.
In the early 1970's, carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, Mark and Delia Owens caught a plane to Africa, bought a third-hand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert.
There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles. In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, working alongside lions, brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came to know.
Cry of the Kalahari is a gripping account of how two young Americans survived the dangers of living in one of the last pristine areas on Earth. Reissued for the first time since its original publication in 1984, this beautiful new edition contains never-seen-before, colour photographs of Mark and Delia on their adventure of a lifetime.
Details
- Format : Thicker 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Non-Fiction - The Rest of The World
- Published : 1984 (This Edition 2021 - Corsair)
- ISBN : 9781472156457
- SKU : B003355
- PPC : SP400gm
- RRP : £10.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
'Originally published in 1984, this immersive memoir co-written by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing details a remarkable seven-year odyssey in the desolate Kalahari as the young couple embarked upon pioneering zoology research.' - Waterstones.
'A remarkable story beautifully told . . . Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist' - Chicago Tribune.
'For anyone interested in animals or in real life adventure, this book is a must' - Jane Goodall.
'Extraordinary . . . How the couple overcome the hazards of the desert and came to appreciate its living richness makes fascinating reading . . . Read their remarkable book to be delighted, moved, and awed' - People Magazine.
The Author
Mark Owens is an American Zoologist, conservationist & author.
Delia Owens is the co-author of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa including Cry of the Kalahari. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and many others. She currently lives in Idaho. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.