Ivory, apes and peacocks
Subtitle: animals, adventure, and discovery in the wild places of Africa
By: Alan Root
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9780701186036; 9780701186043
Subjects: Natural history; Tiere; Biography; Naturalists
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.
Table of contents: title: 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; title: Epilogue; title: Acknowledgements; title: Permissions.