![]() ![]() Markham’s successes and her failures–and her deep, lifelong love of the “soul of Africa”–are all told here with wrenching honesty and agile wit. In 1936, she accepted the ultimate challenge: to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, a feat that fellow female aviator Amelia Earhart had completed in reverse just a few years before. She trained as a bush pilot at a time when most Africans had never seen a plane. A rebel from a young age, the British-born Markham was raised in Kenya’s unforgiving farmlands. A contemporary of Karen Blixen (better known as Isak Dinesen, the author of Out of Africa), Markham left an enduring memoir that soars with astounding candor and shimmering insights. Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot, she shattered societal expectations, threw herself into torrid love affairs, survived desperate crash landings–and chronicled everything. Beryl Markham’s life story is a true epic. The classic memoir of Africa, aviation, and adventure–the inspiration for Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun and “a bloody wonderful book” (Ernest Hemingway). ![]() You can read this before West with the Night PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom. Here is a quick description and cover image of book West with the Night written by Beryl Markham which was published in 1942–. ![]() Brief Summary of Book: West with the Night by Beryl Markham ![]()
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