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West with the Night
Beryl Markham
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Description for West with the Night
Paperback. * ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us .. I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' * introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN Series: VMC. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: BG; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.
WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s. Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license. In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping. When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him. Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph. On 4 September, she took off ...Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.
Product Details
Publisher
Virago
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860685418
SKU
V9780860685418
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Beryl Markham
Beryl Markham (1902-1986) was born in England, but grew up in East Africa. She apprenticed as a trainer and breeder of racehorses and in the 1930s became an African bush pilot. In 1936, she became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of her memoir, West with the Night.
Reviews for West with the Night
A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen's Out of Africa
Time Out
A poet's feeling for her land, an adventurer's response to life
New York Herald Tribune
[Markham] can write rings around all of us . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book
Ernest Hemingway Markham made her name as one of the first pilots to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1936 . . . A vivacious account of an eccentric life, with Markham's headstrong nature and spirit shining out
Daily Mail
A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen's OUT OF AFRICA
Time Out
A poet's feeling for her land, an adventurer's response to life
New York HERALD Tribune
Markham made her name as one of the first pilots to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1936 . . . A vivacious account of an eccentric life, with Markham's headstrong nature and spirit shining out
Daily Mail
Time Out
A poet's feeling for her land, an adventurer's response to life
New York Herald Tribune
[Markham] can write rings around all of us . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book
Ernest Hemingway Markham made her name as one of the first pilots to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1936 . . . A vivacious account of an eccentric life, with Markham's headstrong nature and spirit shining out
Daily Mail
A beautiful and evocative story that deserves to be ranked alongside Karen Blixen's OUT OF AFRICA
Time Out
A poet's feeling for her land, an adventurer's response to life
New York HERALD Tribune
Markham made her name as one of the first pilots to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1936 . . . A vivacious account of an eccentric life, with Markham's headstrong nature and spirit shining out
Daily Mail