Beryl Markham: A True Kenyan
Salina J. Wilde
"Africa is mystic; it is wild; it is a sweltering inferno; it is a photographer’s paradise,
a hunter’s Valhalla, an escapist’s Utopia. It is what you will, and it withstands all interpretations. It is the last vestige of a dead world or the cradle of a shiny new one. To a lot of people, as to myself, it is just ‘home.’ It is all these things but one thing—it is never dull."
West with the Night 1942
(Picture source:Jones, David K. Faces of Kenya. New York: Mayflower Books, 1977, page 50)
(Picture source: :Jones, David K. Faces of Kenya. New York: Mayflower Books, 1977, page 78)
(Picture source: Lovell, Mary S. Straight on Till Morning. London: Century Hutchinson, Ltd., 1987, page 169)
For More Information:
My Report: Lakweit: Triumphant Aviator—Fearless Adventurer
Markham in July of 1936
(Picture source: Lovell, Mary S. Straight on Till Morning. London: Century Hutchinson, Ltd., 1987, page73)
This web page was created by Salina Joann Wilde, an undergraduate History major, for Professor Kimberly Jensen’s HST 401, Fall 1999 course at Western Oregon University. Salina can be reached at
sandler20@netscape.net