The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

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In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off together with her parents to trip to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases, and came upon—the hard way—the arena of the African. With an odd gift for detail and a keen humorousness, Huxley recalls her childhood at the small farm at a time when Europeans waged their fortunes on a land that used to be as harsh as it used to be beautiful. For a young girl, it used to be a time of adventure and freedom, and Huxley paints an unforgettable portrait of growing up some of the Masai and Kikuyu people, discovering both the wonder and the terrors of the jungle, and enduring the rugged realities of the pioneer life.

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