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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100141183780
ISBN-139780141183787
eBay Product ID (ePID)1621120
Product Key Features
Book TitleFlame Trees of Thika : Memories of an African Childhood
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
TopicWomen, Personal Memoirs, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Africa / East, Sociology / Rural
GenreLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorElspeth Huxley
Book SeriesClassic, 20th-Century, Penguin Ser.
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-047965
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal823.912
Grade ToUP
SynopsisIn an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered--the hard way--the world of the African. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of humor, Huxley recalls her childhood on the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that was as harsh as it was beautiful. For a young girl, it was a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the beauty and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.
LC Classification NumberPR6015.U92Z466 2000
