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"People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading."
- Logan Pearsall Smith
(1865 - 1946)
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| | The Flame Trees of Thika:
Memories of an African Childhood
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| | by Elspeth Huxley
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ZIN Product Number: 10028624
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 268 pages
Publisher: Viking Penguin
ISBN: 0141183780
Release Date: Jan 2, 1996
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New editions of Elspeth Huxley's stirring account of her childhood in Kenya and her novel of the destructive forces of colonization.
In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered—the hard way—the world of the African. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of humor, Huxley recalls her childhood on the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that was as harsh as it was beautiful. For a young girl, it was a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the beauty and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.
Elspeth Huxley (1907-1997) was educated at the European school in Nairobi and at Reading University. Her books include novels, detective fiction, biography, and travel writing.
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