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Beryl Markham was one of this century s
most remarkable women. Taken as a
young child to British East Africa, where
she was left by her mother to be raised
by a father who trained thoroughbreds
for the Nairobi racing scene, Markham
grew up to become one of the most
daring and,courageous women of her
time. She grew up with the sons of
Nandi warriors as her playmates and
learned as a child to track game by
following spoor and scent. When she
was still in her teens, her father left
Africa. To support herself, she became
Africa s first female thoroughbred
trainer and later its first female bush
pilot.
Always well known to the great white
hunters of the time, and to their leisure-
class clientele, Beryl Markham would
twice go on to become a figure of inter-
national renown: in 1936, when she
became the first person ever to fly the
Atlantic solo the hard way--against the
headwinds--from England to North
America; and again in 1983, when her
1942 memoir, West with the Night, was
republished to worldwide literary ac-
claim. Straight On Till Morning is the first
biography of this truly remarkable
woman.
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Straight on Till Morning: A Biography of Beryl Markham 在线电子书 pdf 下载 txt下载 epub 下载 mobi 下载 2024