The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood, Elspeth Huxley (9780099577263) — Readings Books

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The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
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The Flame Trees Of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood

Elspeth Huxley
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The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail.

When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home- five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination- building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley’s unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 June 2014
Pages
288
ISBN
9780099577263

The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail.

When Elspeth Huxley’s pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home- five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland, infested with ticks and white ants, and quavering with heat. What they lack in know-how they make up for in determination- building a grass house, employing local Kikuyu tribe members and painstakingly transforming their patch of wilderness into a working farm. Huxley’s unforgettable childhood memoir is a sensitive account of settler life at the turn of the twentieth century and a love song to the harshness and beauty of East Africa.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Country
United Kingdom
Date
2 June 2014
Pages
288
ISBN
9780099577263

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