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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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