Wildflower : An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa (Paperback)

from pammykn

AUTHOR: SEAL, MARK TITLE: Wildflower DATE READ: 05/18/14 RATING: 4.5/B+ GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Bio/2009/Random House/212 pgs SERIES/STAND-ALONE: SA TIME/PLACE: 1960's - 2004 CHARACTERS: Joan Root -- wildlife filmmaker FIRST LINES: " One can only imagine what British colonialists felt ...

from hethie

Absolutely riveting, what a treasure to our flora and fauna this woman was.

from lindap69

I am drawn to the strong British women of Africa and Joan Root was an amazing person.

from kaitanya64

Mark Seal admits in the opening of the book that he had never been to Kenya before he decided to research this story for an article that grew into a book. The early part of the book, which deals with Joan and Alan Root's early lives and the development of their film making careers, as well as the...

from kaebs

Biography of Joan Root. Great African setting. This book gave a good insight into the history of wildlife film making in Africa in the 70s and 80s, and the developments around Lake Naivasha. If you are not interested in either of these you might find this book a little boring. I did not feel at a...