West with the NightWest with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s. |
Contents
MESSAGE FROM NUNGWE | 3 |
MEN WITH BLACKWATER DIE | 17 |
THE STAMP OF WILDERNESS | 33 |
WHY DO WE FLY? | 45 |
BOOK | 55 |
HE WAS A GOOD LION | 57 |
STILL IS THE LAND | 67 |
PRAISE GOD FOR THE BLOOD OF THE BULL | 77 |
MY TRAIL IS NORTH | 131 |
HODI | 143 |
NA KUPA HATI MZURI | 155 |
ERRANDS OF THE WIND | 175 |
BOOK FOUR | 183 |
BIRTH OF A LIFE | 185 |
IVORY AND SANSEVIERIA | 197 |
MAY HAVE TO SHOOT HIM | 205 |
AND WE BE PLAYMATES THOU AND I | 99 |
ROYAL EXILE | 108 |
WAS THERE A HORSE WITH WINGS? | 117 |
BOOK THREE | 129 |
CAPTIVES OF THE RIVERS | 219 |
WHAT OF THE HUNTING HUNTER BOLD? | 228 |
SEARCH FOR A LIBYAN FORT | 254 |
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