A Tent with a View: An Intimate African Experience
- SIGNED Hardcover
- New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1991
New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/Very Good. SIGNED. 240pp. Quarto [29 cm] Black cloth over boards with gilt stamping on the backstrip and front board. The underlying board is exposed at the top fore-edge corner of the front board, and the front board is a bit dulled along the bottom edge. The text block is cracked at the beginning, but it is still holding. In the illustrated dust jacket, with rubbing to the surface. Glossary at the rear. May require extra postage due to weight. A record of American photographer Robert Vavra's journey to Kenya.
Vavra set up his tent at Ololasurai in the highlands of southwestern Kenya, where few white men have been spotted. He was accompanied by Sekerot Ole Mpetti, an English-speaking Maasai who became both friend and interpreter. While there, he became acquainted with the Maasai as they came by his tent to exchange stories and experiences. This book is his vibrant portrait of a vanishing way of life, a moving account of coming to know a people, not as cold anthropological types, but as friends.
Vavra is particularly known for his equine photography. He is the author of 40 books which have been translated into 8 languages. He divides his time between Seville, Spain, the Kenyan Highlands, and El Cajon, California.
Warmly inscribed by Robert Vavra on a sheet of his letterhead mounted to the verso of the front free endpaper: "For____ 'Leader of the / Enchanted Safari'- / I hope that this book / will bring back some memories / of the Kenya that I am sure / you knew so well and loved / so much. / With the best of wishes, / Robert Vavra / 1991.
Vavra set up his tent at Ololasurai in the highlands of southwestern Kenya, where few white men have been spotted. He was accompanied by Sekerot Ole Mpetti, an English-speaking Maasai who became both friend and interpreter. While there, he became acquainted with the Maasai as they came by his tent to exchange stories and experiences. This book is his vibrant portrait of a vanishing way of life, a moving account of coming to know a people, not as cold anthropological types, but as friends.
Vavra is particularly known for his equine photography. He is the author of 40 books which have been translated into 8 languages. He divides his time between Seville, Spain, the Kenyan Highlands, and El Cajon, California.
Warmly inscribed by Robert Vavra on a sheet of his letterhead mounted to the verso of the front free endpaper: "For____ 'Leader of the / Enchanted Safari'- / I hope that this book / will bring back some memories / of the Kenya that I am sure / you knew so well and loved / so much. / With the best of wishes, / Robert Vavra / 1991.