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In Praise of Savagery

Author: Warwick Cairns
SKU: 9780007414031

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One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa.As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred Thesiger and the two men struck up an unlikely friendship. Invited to visit him at his African home, Cairns decides to make a bit of an adventure of it and do some of the journey on foot.When he himself was a young man, Thesiger led an expedition to explore the course of the Awash river in Ethiopia. Every westerner that had gone before him had been killed by local tribesmen.

Needless to say, he survived.Alternating chapters chart Warwick’s journey with that of Thesiger creating a captivating dual narrative that is part travel book, part biography, part autobiography, part history with fair doses of philosophy and humour thrown in for good measure.In Praise of Savagery is a highly original book that defies classification but is always effortlessly readable.

  • Classifications: Ethiopia,
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 256 pages

ISBN : 9780007414031

Published : 28 Apr 2011

Author : Warwick Cairns

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers

Size : 198 x 129 (mm)

Weight : 181g

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