The Splendid Outcast: Beryl Markham's African Stories

By Beryl Markham

Book Overview

She passionately loved horses horses, flying, Africa, and men, perhaps in that order. Beautifully evocative of the forces that ruled Beryl Markham's heart, these stories... the moving depiction of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865473013
• ISBN13: 9780865473010
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: North Point Press
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Splendid Read

A wonderful look at life in Africa in the first half of the 20th century. The stories, many auto biographical, are exciting and well written. Several stories are especially geared toward admirers of the horse. Most are great stories for young people and teens.