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Add this copy of Flame Trees of Thika to cart. $7.00, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Random House (UK).
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African to cart. $8.00, good condition, Sold by Best and Fastest Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wantage, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Random House (UK).
Add this copy of The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African to cart. $13.99, very good condition, Sold by Lexington Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Idaho Falls, ID, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Chatto & Windus.
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Add this copy of The Flame Trees of Thika. Memories of an African to cart. $19.16, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1987 by Chatto & Windus.
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Pelizzoli, Francesca. Very Good in Good jacket. 4to. 288pp, bw photographs, col plates. Or gray cloth in jacket. Jacket rubbed and edgeworn. Small hole in cloth at base of spine, single letter (T) written at top of font free endpaper. Elspeth Huxley's classic memoir of her childhood in Kenya is enhanced with a new introduction by the author, photographs from her family collection and beautiful colour plates by Kenyan artist Francesca Pelizzoli.
I liked this book as it portrays Africa as it was prior to WWI with all of it's beauty and mystery. In some ways, it parallels the life in the early American west in that the settlers were ill prepared for the difficulties and hardships they encountered. Their courage and resiliency was admirable and rewarding. The author, telling her own story and relating it through the eyes of a young girl makes it very insightful and compelling. Her comparisons and descriptions draws one into the pulse of the beautiful and savage land. Her close relationships with the natives, animals, family and friends gives her wisdom beyond her years. The wonderful style of writing in itself makes this a good read.
