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West with the night / Beryl Markham.
Memoirs of Beryl Markham, who grew up in East Africa, became a bush pilot in Africa, and in 1936 made the first solo flight east to west across the Atlantic.
Record details
- ISBN: 0865471185 (alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 293 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: San Francisco : North Point Press, 1983.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1942. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Message from Nungwe -- Men with blackwater die -- Stamp of wilderness -- Why do we fly? -- He was a good lion -- Still is the land -- Praise God for the blood of the bull -- And we be playmates, thou and I -- Royal exile -- Was there a horse with wings? -- My trail is north -- Hodi! -- Na Kupa Hati M'Zuri -- Errands of the wind -- Birth of a life -- Ivory and Sansevieria -- I may have to shoot him -- Captives of the rivers -- What of the hunting, hunter bold? -- Kwaheri means farewell -- Search for a Libyan fort -- Benghazi by candlelight -- West with the night -- Sea will take small pride. |
| Target Audience Note: | 1140L Lexile. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Upper Grades 7.3 15.0 |
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| Subject: | Markham, Beryl. Air pilots > Great Britain > Biography. Air pilots > Africa > Biography. Women air pilots > Great Britain > Biography. Women air pilots > Africa > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Wallowa Public Library | 920 MAR (Text) | 30004000122651 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
