Ivory, apes and peacocks
Subtitle: animals, adventure and discovery in the wild places of Africa
By: Alan Root
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Windsor/Paragon
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9781471325809; 9781471325816
Subjects: Naturalists; Biography; Natural history; Large type books
Description: The author is one of Africa's most bitten. In the course of his adventures he has been mauled by a leopard, a silverback gorilla and a hippo, and almost lost his life to a deadly puff-adder, which claimed one of his fingers. In this book, he tells the story of his life's work, from his arrival in Kenya as a young boy to the making of his films.
Notes: Standard print edition originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2012.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Into Africa; title: 2. On the Road; title: 3. The Deep End; title: 4. My Mother and Other Animals; title: 5. Balloons and Other Signs of Madness; title: 6. The Bridge on the River Ntungwe; title: 7. Going Solo; title: 8. Lassie Come Home; title: 9. The Big Broccoli; title: 10. Going Home; title: 11. Requiem.