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title: "The Tree Where Man Was Born (Penguin Classics) Paperback – August 31, 2010"
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# The Tree Where Man Was Born (Penguin Classics) Paperback – August 31, 2010

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Essence of Africa
  

*by L***U on Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2012*

I purchased this book in anticipation of a journey to Africa. This chronicle is nonfiction, but it reads with the depth and intensity of poetry.  Even though this book was written about the author's experience and impressions of Africa on a series of trips in the 1960's his insights remain timeless. The politics of Africa are convulsive and the boundaries of countries dynamic, but much of Tanzania and Kenya lands have been preserved and remain essentially the same as when Matthiessen visited 50 years ago. His descriptions of natural occurrences like the systematic attack of wild dogs on a new born zebra made me want to beg him to stop. But, he gives life to the landscape and all the animals that dwell there with same brilliant mastery of the language and pulls the reader forward. He does speak of mans beginnings as the title suggests, "Baboons in silhouette looked like early hominids hurling wild manic howling at my head." Even though the information about the descent of mankind is fascinating, for me it is Matthiessen's incredible descriptive powers that give magic to a land that is often harsh and unforgiving to man and beast. Speaking about Kilimanjaro he said, "The glacier glistens. A distant snow peak scours the mind, but a snow peak in the tropics draws the heart o a fine shimmering painful point of joy."I will read this book again when I return from Africa to compare notes and take lessons from a truly gifted writer.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The best possible introduction to East Africa
  

*by O***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2019*

I don't think I could have prepared better for my trip to Tanzania. I loved the country since I read the book. Although it's a bit dated (1972) and East Africa has changed, the substance is still as real as it was then. In about 250 pages I learned with a good level of detail about the human conflicts of East Africa, the consequences of colonialism, the geography and history of the region and the animals. Oh, the animals. After I read the book I felt so much closer to them. I understood better the matriarchal elephant, the lonely and super dangerous leopard, the gregarious wild dog, the tough life of a lion cub, the cycle of life that includes scavengers and the myriad of antelopes. There was so much new to me that I found myself checking new words (animals, plants, locations, verbs) very often. That makes the book harder to read, but so much more enlightening. There is some comedy too, especially the adventures with Iain Douglas-Hamilton, who survived the author to the date and has become one of the most prominent voices in defense of wildlife. More importantly, this book is not about the author: it's about the people and animals of East Africa. Selfless.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The Tree Where Man Was Born (Penguin Classics)
  

*by B***. on Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2012*

Typically beautiful description of the East African area.  Would have liked more detail of the tribes living in the area.  Peter Matthiessen is well known for painting glorious word pictures of all the locals he has been to.  I have read most of the books he has written and am always enchanted by his love for and understanding of the lands he travel in.

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