The Tree Where Man Was Born
By
Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen
1972 • 306 pages

From the daily lives of wild herdsmen and the drama of predator kills to the field biologists investigating Africa's wild creatures and the anthropologists seeking humanity's origins in the rift valley, this National Book Award finalist is a classic of journalistic observation.

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