West With the Night

West With the Night

West With the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya , in the early 1900s, leading to a career as a bush pilot there. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature, and in 2004, National Geographic Adventure ranked it number 8 in a list of 100 best adventure books. There are some questions of whether Markham is the real author of her memoir West With The Night. According to the 1993 biography, "The Lives of Beryl Markham," by Errol Trzebinski, the book's real author was her third husband, the ghost writer and journalist Raoul Schumacher....
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Author:Beryl Markham
Genre:Autobiography, Biography, Children's literature, Travel
Year published:1942
Number of editions:14

Author of West With the Night

Beryl Markham
Beryl Markham
October 26, 1902 - August 3, 1986
Birthplace:Ashwell

Beryl Markham was a British-born Kenyan aviatrix, adventurer, and racehorse trainer. During the pioneer days of aviation, she became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west. She is now primarily remembered as the author of the memoir West with the Night. Markham was born...
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Additional works by Beryl Markham
Book
Rivalen der Wüste und andere Erzählungen aus Afrika.
Westwärts mit der Nacht. Mein Leben als Fliegerin in Afrika.
The Splendid Outcast
West W/The Night
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