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Huxley, Elspeth, 1907-1997 - Childhood and youth. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood by Elspeth Huxley 5,524 ratings, 4.11 average rating, 307 reviews The Flame Trees of Thika Quotes Showing 1-7 of 7 How much does one imagine, how much observe One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water. transcribed: London : Chatto and Windus, 1959. When Elspeth Huxleys pioneer father buys a remote plot of land in Kenya, the family sets off to discover their new home- five hundred acres of Kenyan scrubland. For a young girl, it was a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up among the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the beauty and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.Įd. With an extraordinary gift for detail and a keen sense of humor, Huxley recalls her childhood on the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that was as harsh as it was beautiful. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and discovered-the hard way-the world of the African. In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. London : Royal National Institute for the Blind, 1962 The flame trees of Thika / Book Bib IDīook, Online - Google Books
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