Cry of the Kalahari - Hardcover

Owens, Mark; Owens, Delia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395322146 ISBN 13: 9780395322147

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1984

Synopsis

This account of the author's seven-year stay in Africa's Kalahari wilderness covers their adventures of survival, their contact with curious and dangerous animals, and the establishment of their conservation research project

About this title

From the Back Cover:

In 1974 Mark and Delia Owens, two young American scientists, auctioned off everything they owned and travelled to Africa. They were determined to study the great carnivores before lack of conservation policies led to the final destruction of African wildlife. 'Cry of the Kalahari' is the story of their seven years with lions, brown hyenas, jackals, birds, shrews, lizards and the many other creatures they came to know; it tells how they survived and conducted research in one of the last and largest pristine areas on earth.

"As exciting a book about African wildlife as ever you have read"
JOHN HILLABY/ HAM AND HIGH

"It is another 'Born Free'"
DAILY MAIL

"For anyone interested in animals or in real life adventure, for anyone fascinated by the desert, its harsh cruelty punctuated by spells of green beauty, this book is a must. It provides unique, enthralling and extremely significant insights into the behaviour of the lions and other carnivores of the Kalahari"
JANE GOODALL

About the Author:

When Mark and Delia Owens first went to Africa in 1974, they bought a thirdhand Land Rover, drove deep into the Kalahari Desert, and lived there for seven years. They are the authors of Cry of the Kalahari, an international bestseller and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. After more than 30 years in Africa, they returned to the United States to carry on their conservation work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0395322146
• ISBN 13: 9780395322147
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1