Cry Of The Kalahari

Mark Owens · Delia Owens

Apr 2014 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

An international bestseller, this is an emotional and riveting story of the Owens’ travel and adventurous life in the Kalahari Desert.?
“A remarkable story beautifully told...Among such classics as Goodall’s In the Shadow of Man and Fossey’s Gorillas in the Mist.”—Chicago Tribune
Carrying little more than a change of clothes and a pair of binoculars, two young Americans, Mark and Delia Owens, caught a plane to Africa, bought a thirdhand Land Rover, and drove deep into the Kalahari Desert. There they lived for seven years, in an unexplored area with no roads, no people, and no source of water for thousands of square miles.?
In this vast wilderness the Owenses began their zoology research, working alongside animals that had never before been exposed to humans including lions, brown hyenas, jackals, and giraffes. It is also a gripping account of how they survived the dangers of living in one of the last and largest pristine areas on Earth. Travelers and animal lovers alike will be instantly captivated by their tale.

Ratings and reviews

This is an absolutely fantastic book, I read the paperback when living and working in Africa and it was magical and heartwarming. I have tried unsuccessfully to buy the ebook for the past number of years but unfortunately it is not available to those of us living in Ireland. Any chance of this changing? I would dearly love to have a digital copy.

Read Cry of the Kalahari many years ago. So impressed that it and Eye of the Elephant remain my favorite reads.

Wonderful Book superbly written. I thank you both for sharing your experience... love this book.

About the author

When Mark and Delia Owens first went to Africa in 1974, they bought a thirdhand Land Rover, drove deep into the Kalahari Desert, and lived there for seven years. They are the authors of Cry of the Kalahari, an international bestseller and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. After more than 30 years in Africa, they returned to the United States to carry on their conservation work.

DELIA OWENS is the author of the bestselling Where the Crawdads Sing, her first novel, and the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa: Cry of the Kalahari, The Eye of theElephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in Idaho, where she continues her support for the people and wildlife of Zambia.