West with the Night (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Beryl Clutterbuck
- First Published: 1942
- Time of Work: 1906–1936
- Setting: British East Africa, England, and the Atlantic Ocean
- Principal Characters: Beryl Markham, Kibii, Arab Maina, Tom Black, Denys Finch-Hatton, Baron von Blixen
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Memory, Nature, Rural or country life, Women, Adventure, Aviation or aviators, Wildlife, Horsemanship
- Locales: Africa, England, Oceans, Australia
Form and Content
Beryl Markham’s West with the Night provides fascinating lessons in history, geography, plant and animal wildlife, and courageous living. The title West with the Night refers to Markham’s 1936 feat of flying solo from England across the Atlantic to North America; she was the first person to do so. The 3,600-mile flight was from east to west, and most of the twenty-one hours and twenty-five minutes of the trip were in darkness, against the wind, and over unbroken ocean. It was an extraordinary achievement in an era when there were few pilots...
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