Cry of the Kalahari
Paperback – Illustrated, October 15, 1992
HarperCollins · Paperback · October 15, 1992
“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.
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- Who it’s for
- Field zoology and wilderness survival meet in a sustained account of life in the Kalahari.
- Themes
- Wildlife field research, Survival in remote wilderness
- Genres
- Naturalists' Lives, Wildlife, Adventurers & Explorers
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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.
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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.
Wildlife, Up Close
Field zoology and wilderness survival meet in a sustained account of life in the Kalahari.
Come here for
- Animal life seen through hands-on zoology research
- A remote wilderness story grounded in the Owenses’ seven years there
Expect
- Lions, brown hyenas, jackals, giraffes, and more
- A gripping account of survival in a vast, roadless wilderness
Where it sits
| Naturalists' Lives | 36% |
|---|---|
| Adventurers & Explorers | 23% |
| Wildlife | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Survival Stories
- World History
- Conservation
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- Wildlife
- Big Cats
- Endangered Species
- Environmental Science
- Authors
- Mark Owens, Delia Owens
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 15, 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Wildlife field research · Survival in remote wilderness
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs