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The extraordinary adventures of a childhood in Africa, recalled in rich and loving detail.<br> In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering settlers among the Kikuyu people, they built a house of grass, ate off a damask cloth spread over packing cases and discovered -- the hard way -- the world of the African.

Author
Elspeth Huxley
Publisher
Slightly Foxed : The Real Reader's Quarterly : [distributor] Slightly Foxed Limited
Published
2012
Language
EN
ISBN
9781906562397
Rating
4.11 / 5 (4,230 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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