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Sand Rivers

by Peter Matthiessen · 1981

The African Trilogy seriesNext:African Silences(1991) →

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Recounts his safari to the Selous Game Reserve in southern Tanzania.

Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thisnaturenatureMore like thisLess of this
Setting
AfricaAfricaMore like thisLess of thisTanzaniaTanzaniaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 213 pages

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