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* ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us. I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' * introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942. It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s. Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four. As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane. Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license. In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping. When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him. Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph. On 4 September, she took off. Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity. First published in 1942, this is the autobiography of a remarkable aviator and racehorse trainer, based largely in Kenya. Reissue.
Parametry
| autor | beryl markham |
| vazba | brožovaná |
| jazyk | anglicky |
| počet stran | 320 |
| rok vydání | 2016 |
| isbn | 978-0-86068-541-8 |
Výrobce Little, Brown Book Group
EAN: 9780860685418
