West With The Night - Markham, Beryl

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West With The Night by Markham, Beryl Format: Trade PaperbackPublished by North Point Press, 1983 West with the Night is a memoir by British-born author, aviator, and equestrian, B eryl Markham. Friend and fellow author Ernest Hemingway once wrote to his editor Maxwell Perkins asking: "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West with the Night? ... bloody wonderful work." Markham was one of, if not the first, female bush pilots in Africa, and her memoir details adventures in Kenya with a unique perspective both from the ground and the sky. Show more