West with the Night

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453237915

<DIV><B>The classic memoir of Africa, aviation, and adventure&mdash;the inspiration for Paula McLain&rsquo;s <I>Circling the Sun </I>and &ldquo;a bloody wonderful book&rdquo; (Ernest Hemingway).</B><BR /><BR /> &#160;Beryl Markham&rsquo;s life story is a true epic. Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot, she shattered societal expectations, threw herself into torrid love affairs, survived desperate crash landings&mdash;and chronicled everything. A contemporary of Karen Blixen (better known as Isak Dinesen, the author of <I>Out of Africa</I>), Markham left an enduring memoir that soars with astounding candor and shimmering insights.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> A rebel from a young age, the British-born Markham was raised in Kenya&rsquo;s unforgiving farmlands. She trained as a bush pilot at a time when most Africans had never seen a plane. In 1936, she accepted the ultimate challenge: to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, a feat that fellow female aviator Amelia Earhart had completed in reverse just a few years before. Markham&rsquo;s successes and her failures&mdash;and her deep, lifelong love of the &ldquo;soul of Africa&rdquo;&mdash;are all told here with wrenching honesty and agile wit.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> Hailed as &ldquo;one of the greatest adventure books of all time&rdquo; by <I>Newsweek</I> and &ldquo;the sort of book that makes you think human beings can do anything&rdquo; by the<I> New York Times, West with the Night</I> remains a powerful testament to one of the iconic lives of the twentieth century.<BR /> &#160;</DIV>