Cry Of The Kalahari

Name: Cry Of The Kalahari
Price: 12.99 USD
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Rating: 4.6 (3872 reviews)
Author: Mark Owens

by Mark Owens

Nonfiction Memoir

4.6 (3,872)

4.6 stars from 3,872 reviews. Top 61% of Nonfiction books we track.

341 pages~5.7 hr readPublished by FontanaPublished 1984-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You love true stories about people who choose radical self-sufficiency and wilderness survival over comfortable lives.
You're fascinated by wildlife behaviour and the science of animal observation in their natural state.
You appreciate memoirs that balance danger and wonder without sensationalising either one.

Maybe not for you if...

You prefer fast-paced narrative with constant dramatic tension rather than reflective accounts of daily life and research.
You're looking for a guide to African travel or tourism rather than an intimate portrait of long-term fieldwork.
You want heavily plot-driven storytelling where the book moves towards a clear climax or resolution.

About this book

Mark and Delia Owens, two young Americans, traveled to Africa with minimal supplies—a change of clothes and binoculars—purchased a used Land Rover, and drove into the Kalahari Desert. They lived there for seven years in an unexplored region without roads, people, or water sources for thousands of square miles. During their time in the wilderness, the Owenses conducted zoology research among animals that had never encountered humans, including lions, brown hyenas, jackals, and giraffes. The book documents their scientific work and their survival in one of Earth's last large pristine areas.

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Currently #1,131 in the Kindle store — a top-10K bestseller.

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Currently 4.6★ from 3,872 reviews

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