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West with the Night by Beryl Markham

4.0

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A very well written account of one woman's extraordinary life - from growing up in the African wilderness to raising racehorses to flying planes across that same wilderness and beyond, one could never say Beryl Markham's life was dull. It almost makes the book, how she describes and writes the events she's lived through with nonchalance - not the kind to where she would seem stuck up, but the kind that shows such deeds are entirely possible. The book is mostly divided chronologically into different stories of her adventures, and in this format it works so well. Definitely recommend to anyone interested in the Africa of the early 20th century (even though it is a colonized view of Africa, it still works), inspiring women or exactly how flying works. In relation, I would love to now read an account of this era by a native African, without the social views of the Western world.