Sand Rivers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Deep within the remote Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania — one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth — naturalist and writer Peter Matthiessen embarked on a final journey alongside wildlife conservationist Brian Nicholson, who spent decades protecting this vast, untamed landscape. Sand Rivers chronicles this extraordinary expedition into Africa's interior, capturing the raw beauty of a world largely untouched by modernity, where vast herds still roam and the ancient rhythms of nature endure, all rendered in stunning detail through Hugo van Lawick's evocative wildlife photography. Matthiessen, acclaimed for his immersive narrative non-fiction, brings his characteristic blend of lyrical prose and rigorous observation to bear on themes of conservation, loss, and humanity's fraught relationship with the natural world. The book stands as both a vivid travel memoir and a passionate elegy for a vanishing Africa, urging the reader to consider what is at stake when wilderness is surrendered to encroaching civilisation. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of wild places, Sand Rivers issues an irresistible invitation — and a quietly urgent warning.
Author: Peter Matthiessen
Format: Hardback
Genre: Travel & exploration
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Deep within the remote Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania — one of the last great wilderness areas on Earth — naturalist and writer Peter Matthiessen embarked on a final journey alongside wildlife conservationist Brian Nicholson, who spent decades protecting this vast, untamed landscape. Sand Rivers chronicles this extraordinary expedition into Africa's interior, capturing the raw beauty of a world largely untouched by modernity, where vast herds still roam and the ancient rhythms of nature endure, all rendered in stunning detail through Hugo van Lawick's evocative wildlife photography. Matthiessen, acclaimed for his immersive narrative non-fiction, brings his characteristic blend of lyrical prose and rigorous observation to bear on themes of conservation, loss, and humanity's fraught relationship with the natural world. The book stands as both a vivid travel memoir and a passionate elegy for a vanishing Africa, urging the reader to consider what is at stake when wilderness is surrendered to encroaching civilisation. For anyone who has ever felt the pull of wild places, Sand Rivers issues an irresistible invitation — and a quietly urgent warning.