West with the Night

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ERNEST HEMINGWAY wrote to a friend: 'She can write rings around all of us . . . I wish you would get it and read it because it is really a bloody wonderful book' introduction by MARTHA GELLHORN
WEST WITH THE NIGHT appeared on 13 bestseller lists on first publication in 1942.

It tells the spellbinding story of Beryl Markham -- aviator, racehorse trainer, fascinating beauty -and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and 30s. Markham was taken to Kenya at the age of four.

As an adult she was befriended by Denys Finch-Hatton, the big-game hunter of OUT OF AFRICA fame, who took her flying in his airplane.

Thrilled by the experience, Markham went on to become the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's license. In 1936 she determined to fly solo across the Atlantic -- without stopping.

When Charles Lindbergh did the same, he had the wind behind him.

Markham, by contrast, had a strong headwind against her and a plane that only flew up to 163 mph.

On 4 September, she took off ...Several days later, she crash-landed in Nova Scotia and became an instant celebrity.
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Weight 0.225000
Author Markham, Beryl
Availability IP
Department Travel Writing
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780860685418
Pages 320
Published 17/09/1984
Publisher Virago
Section Travel Writing: Classics
Series VMC
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