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ZIN Product Number: 10026173
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Penguin USA
ISBN: 0140287442
Release Date: Jan 4, 2000
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 4 reviews.)
| |  | | | In Brief
The author, born and brought up in Italy, "describes her move to Africa at the age of 25 with her husband Paolo and son Emanuele. Both Paolo and Emanuele meet violent deaths, but Gallmann is determined to stay with her newborn daughter in Kenya. She starts a ranch and a foundation to preserve African wildlife from poachers." (Libr J)
| | | | From The Publisher
At the age of 25, Kuki Gallmann moved to Kenya with her future husband, where they established a vast ranch. But Africa's beauty does't come without a price, and when tragedy struck, Kuki found herself pregnant and alone with her young son and 90,000 acres of Africa to oversee. 32 pages of photos, half in full color.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 4 Average Rating:
Couldn't Put it Down
-- A reviewer, February 7, 2002
Also Recommended: My Pride and Joy By George Adamson
OUTRAGOUS!
-- Anna, May 8, 2000
Also Recommended: I love Kuki's book Afrcan Nights too.
Kuki Gallmann is the new heroine.
-- Billy, July 5, 2001
Wonderful
-- Karen, September 25, 2000
Also Recommended: Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God and A Map of the World.
| |  | | | | List of Illustrations | xi | | Acknowledgements | xiii | | Map of Ol Ari Nyiro | xv | | Prologue | xvii | | PART I Before | | 1 A Child of Italy | 3 | | 2 Mario and Emanuele | 10 | | 3 Friends in Veneto | 14 | | 4 Africa | 19 | | 5 To Walk Again | 26 | | 6 The First Fire | 29 | | PART II Paolo | | 7 A New Life | 35 | | 8 Friends in Kenya | 38 | | 9 Exploring Lake Turkana | 43 | | 10 The Coast | 47 | | 11 Laikipia | 55 | | 12 Buffalo Hunt | 58 | | 13 Death of an Elephant | 62 | | 14 Good Companions | 66 | | 15 Kuti | 78 | | 16 Buffalo's Revenge | 89 | | 17 Emanuele's Two Fathers | 94 | | 18 Pembroke House | 99 | | 19 The FirstSnake | 104 | | 20 The Egg | 111 | | 21 The Premonition | 119 | | 22 The First Funeral | 121 | | PART III Emanuele | | 23 The Time of Waiting | 133 | | 24 Sveva | 137 | | 25 The Drought | 141 | | 26 Death of a Rhino | 149 | | 27 A Dangerous Passion | 153 | | 28 A Young Man | 170 | | 29 Aidan | 180 | | 30 The Snake of Good Luck | 187 | | 31 The End of the World | 193 | | 32 The Longest Day — the Longest Night | 201 | | 33 The Second Funeral | 211 | | 34 The Last Snake | 219 | | PART IV After | | 35 Walking Alone | 227 | | 36 The Gift of Friendship | 235 | | 37 Out of the Skies | 242 | | 38 A New Foundation | 254 | | 39 Robin | 268 | | 40 Sveva: a Child of Africa | 274 | | 41 Shadows | 281 | | 42 Emanuele's Rodeo | 293 | | 43 The Ivory Fire | 297 | | Epilogue | 304 | | Glossary | 313 |
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