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Describe your latest book/project/work. I've been studying the life and work of photographer W. Eugene Smith for 13 years. My first book (Dream... Continue »
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    The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965

    Sam Stephenson and W. Eugene Smith

West With the Night

by Beryl Markham

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

First published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a remarkable aviator and racehorse trainer, based largely in Kenya. Reissue.

Synopsis:

This autobiography reveals the unusual life of innovator and adventurer Beryl Markham, the first woman in Africa to be granted a racehorse trainer's licence. Taking up flying in 1931, she invented big game hunting by air and became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780860685418
Author:
MARKHAM, BERYL
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
N
Copyright:
1984
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Series:
VIRAGO TRAVELLERS
Publication Date:
19840611
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
308
Dimensions:
190 x 130 in.
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