The Tree Where Man Was Born~Peter Matthiessen; The African Experience~Eliot offers Porter

1972- Peter Matthiessen-“The Tree Where Man Was Born; Eliot Porter, The African Experience” hardcover book with dust jacket.

The publisher is MJF & 1st edition.

This book is in MINT condition!! This book appears to never have been read. There are NO tears, markings or stains in any of the pages. The spine is tight & the dust jacket is in great condition!!!

Peter Matthiessen, American naturalist, & Eliot Porter, well know photographer, both combine their travel experience and impressions of Africa on a series of trips in the 1960's. The politics of Africa are convulsive and the boundaries of countries dynamic, but much of Tanzania and Kenya lands have been preserved and remain essentially the same as when Matthiessen visited 50 years ago.

Matthiessen exquisitely combines both nature and travel writing to bring East Africa to vivid life. He skillfully portrays the daily lives of herdsmen and hunter-gatherers; the drama of the predator kills; the hundreds of exotic animals; the breathtaking landscapes; and the area's turbulent natural, political, and social histories.

Even though the information about the descent of mankind is fascinating, for me it is Matthiessen's incredible descriptive powers that give magic to a land that is often harsh and unforgiving to man and beast. Speaking about Kilimanjaro he said, “The glacier glistens. A distant snow peak scours the mind, but a offers snow peak in the tropics draws the heart o a fine shimmering painful point of of joy”.

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