I Dreamed of Africa
by Gallmann, Kuki
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
(NY): Viking; (1991). First Edition . Hardcover. First US edition, very good in a very good dust jacket. The book is cracked at the hinge in the center photo section, causing one photo to be partially detached. The book lays flat, and is still pretty tight. The jacket is sunned on the spine and edges of the front panel. The author and her husband. Paolo, moved to Kenya and she ultimately established a 900,000 acre property; but in the process lost her husband, and her son Emanuele, to the harsh conditions in Kenya. Laid in is a printed card on heavy cardstock that says "In memory of Paolo and Emanuele".
Synopsis
At the age of twenty-five, Kuki Gallman , divorced and badly injured in a devastating car accident, left Italy to convalesce in Africa with the man who would become her second husband. Enchanted by the land, they established a vast ranch on the Laikipia plateau in Kenya. But Africa's splendor came with a price. Filled with pain and joy, beauty and drama, Gallman's haunting memoir "captures perfectly the magic of Kenya" ( The New York TImes Book Review ).
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- Bookseller
- Tulsa Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022367
- Title
- I Dreamed of Africa
- Author
- Gallmann, Kuki
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Viking; (1991)
- Place of Publication
- (NY)
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