In Praise of Savagery
2/5
()
About this ebook
One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa.
As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred Thesiger and the two men struck up an unlikely friendship. Invited to visit him at his African home, Cairns decides to make a bit of an adventure of it and do some of the journey on foot.
When he himself was a young man, Thesiger led an expedition to explore the course of the Awash river in Ethiopia. Every westerner that had gone before him had been killed by local tribesmen. Needless to say, he survived.
Alternating chapters chart Warwick’s journey with that of Thesiger creating a captivating dual narrative that is part travel book, part biography, part autobiography, part history with fair doses of philosophy and humour thrown in for good measure.
In Praise of Savagery is a highly original book that defies classification but is always effortlessly readable.
Warwick Cairns
Born in 1962 in Dagenham, Warwick Cairns now lives in Windsor with his wife and two daughters. After studying English and Psychology at Keele and English at Yale, he went on to drill wells on a Sioux reservation in Dakota and travel to Africa with Wilfred Thesiger, before settling on a career in advertising. This is his first book.
Related to In Praise of Savagery
Related ebooks
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Novel of the Black Seal Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Female Short Story. A Chronological History: Volume 3 - Charlotte Riddell to Mary E Penn Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLet the Empire Down Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark Twain: Complete Novels: The Gilded Age, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn… Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ghost Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Longest Journey Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Holly-Tree Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInfiltration: The True Story Of The Man Who Cracked The Mafia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ayesha Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThat Looks on Tempests: Thoughts on the nature of love Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Top 10 Short Stories - The 1900's - The Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAllan Quatermain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gilded Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath, the Knight, and the Lady: A Ghost Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLucinda Sly: A Woman Hanged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn Wicklow and West Kerry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Ferryman's Daughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIn Wicklow and West Kerry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShe: A History of Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJane Eyre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Longest Journey Classroom Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Barefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy’s Journey Towards Belonging Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Hair of Gold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOut of the Light Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThin Places Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five Orange Pips Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Glass Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Caravan Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Adventurers & Explorers For You
When I Fell From the Sky Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kon-Tiki Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How To Be Alone: an 800-mile hike on the Arizona Trail Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Republic Of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Exotic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster Summary Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last Season Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Voyage For Madmen Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Uncertain Sea: Fear is everywhere. Embrace it. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5South: Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Life Story Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Deep Waters: A Memoir of Loss, Alaska Adventure, and Love Rekindled Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnnapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Columbus and the Quest for Jerusalem Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don’t Blow Yourself Up: The Further True Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Erebus: One Ship, Two Epic Voyages, and the Greatest Naval Mystery of All Time Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Climb: Tragic Ambitions on Everest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Aquanaut: The Inside Story of the Thai Cave Rescue Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5South: The last Antarctic expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost in the Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Adventure and Survival Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for In Praise of Savagery
2 ratings0 reviews