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The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)

by Elspeth Huxley

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In 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 doth 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 smart 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.

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itpdx, October 27, 2009 (view all comments by itpdx)
This is Ms. Huxley's stories of a few of her childhood years spent in Thika (in what has become Kenya) as her parents try to start a coffee plantation. It includes their neighbors-British, Boer and native, particularly Kikuyu and Masai. Her descriptions are beautiful and her child's view of the adults' world is delightful.
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ISBN:
9780141183787
Subtitle:
Memories of an African Childhood
Author:
Huxley, Elspeth
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Penguin Books
Location:
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Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Historical - General
Subject:
Country life
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British
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Authors, English
Subject:
Kenya
Subject:
Women authors, English
Subject:
General Biography
Subject:
Authors, English -- 20th century.
Subject:
Africa Social life and customs.
Copyright:
1959
Series:
Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics
Series Volume:
99-1
Publication Date:
February 2000
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Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
281
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