West with the Night

Beryl Markham

Summary / Abstract

A lyrical, adventure-rich memoir of Beryl Markham’s upbringing in Kenya as a horse trainer and bush pilot, culminating in her becoming the first woman—and first person—to fly solo non-stop east-to-west across the Atlantic. The book is praised for its poetic prose, vividly evoking the landscapes, people, and resilience of East Africa. Ernest Hemingway famously lauded it: “She can write rings around all of us.”

Publisher(s)

Originally published by Houghton Mifflin, 1942
Reissued by North Point Press (trade paperback with introduction by Sara Wheeler), published January 22, 2013

Publication Date

ISBN

978-0-86547-118-4 (early editions)

Edition

First edition (Houghton Mifflin, 1942)
Second edition trade paperback (North Point Press, 2013)

Table of Contents

(From a reprint record—North Point Press illustrated edition)
Message from Nungwe; Men with Blackwater Die; The Stamp of Wilderness; Why Do We Fly?; He Was a Good Lion; Still Is the Land; Praise God for the Blood of the Bull; And We be Playmates, Thou and I; Royal Exile; Was There a Horse with Wings?; My Trail is North; Hodi!; Na Kupa Hati M’zuri; Errands of the Wind; Birth of a Life; Ivory and Sansevieria; I May Have to Shoot Him; Captives of the Rivers; What of the Hunting, Hunter Bold?; Kwaheri Means Farewell; Search for a Libyan Fort; Benghazi by Candlelight; West With the Night; The Sea Will Take Small Pride

Format Details

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Language

English

Number of Pages

Around 320 pages (2013 edition)

Format

Print: Hardcover and Paperback

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