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West with the Night (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
West with the Night - Audio Cassette - Abridged Author:Beryl Markham, Julie Harris (Narrator) The first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west describes her childhood on a farm in Kenya, her apprenticeship as a horse trainer, and her later career as a pioneer aviator. — Library Journal — Markham's West with the Night was originally published in the early 1940s and disappeared, only to be rediscovered and reprinted in the ... more »1980s when it became a smash hit. Though Markham is known for setting an aviation record for a solo flight across the Atlantic from East to West -hence the title- she was also a bush pilot in Africa, sharing adventures with Blor Blixen and Denys Finch-Hatton of Out of Africa fame. Hemingway, who met Markham during his safari days, dubbed the book "bloody wonderful."