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West With The Night

Author: Beryl Markham
SKU: 9780860685418

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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.

  • Classifications: Biography: general,
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 320 pages

ISBN : 9780860685418

Published : 17 Sep 1984

Author : Beryl Markham

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group

Size : 198 x 129 x 21 (mm)

Weight : 254g

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