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"A remarkable story beautifully told...Among such classics as Goodall's In the Shadow of Man and Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist."--Chicago Tribune

Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles. In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, working along animals that had never before been exposed to humans.

An international bestseller, Cry of the Kalahari is the story of the Owenses's life with lions, brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and the many other creatures they came to know. It is also a gripping account of how they survived the dangers of living in one of the last and largest pristine areas on Earth.

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Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for Best Natural History Book of the Year

"Extraordinary...How the couple overcame the hazards of the desert and came to appreciate its living richness makes fascinating reading...Read their remarkable book to be delighted, moved, and awed."--People

"For anyone interested in animals or in real live adventure, this book is a must."--Jane Goodall

"Leaps off the page and sweeps you away."--Los Angeles Times

"Splendid...If [the Owenses's] survival is a wonder, so is their book--stirring, heartening, and elegiac all at once."--Newsweek

"One of the best testimonials to the perseverance, idealism, and general spunk of passionate animal students."--Washington Post

"Mark and Delia Owens's simple human passion and dedication are invigorating. This is a remarkable and important story."--Barry Lopez
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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

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  • PublisherHoughton Mifflin (Trade)
  • Publication date1992
  • ISBN 10 0395647800
  • ISBN 13 9780395647806
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages384
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