The Lost World of the Kalahari

by Laurens van der Post

Overview

An account of the author’s grueling, but ultimately successful, journey in 1957, through Africa’s remote, primitive Kalahari Desert, in search of the legendary Bushmen, the hunters who pray to the great hunters in the sky.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156537063
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	11/03/1977
Series:	Harvest Book Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	292
Sales rank:	134,729
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Laurens van der Post was born in Africa in 1906. Most of his adult life was spent divided between Africa and England. His professions of writer and farmer were interrupted by ten years in the army, behind enemy lines in Abyssinia, the Western Desert and the Far East where he was taken prisoner by the Japanese while commanding a small guerrilla unit. He went straight from prison back to active service in Java. He was awarded the CBE for his services in the field.

Editorial Reviews

No one can write more feelingly of Africa. An experience not to be missed.” 
— Elspeth Huxley

"An outstanding book — I rank Laurens van der Post with the best writers of English-this book confirms my constant admiration and the nobility of his mind."
— Raymond Mortimer, Sunday Times

"I hope all those who are appalled by the destruction of Hiroshima will read this book-for a greater understanding of what man is capable of doing to his fellows in time of war."
— Daily Telegraph

"No one can write more feelingly of Africa — an experience not to be missed." 
— Evening Standard

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