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  • West with the Night

  • Written by: Beryl Markham
  • Narrated by: Julie Harris
  • Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (27 ratings)

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West with the Night

Written by: Beryl Markham
Narrated by: Julie Harris
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Publisher's Summary

West with the Night is the story of a remarkable woman molded and shaped by many things: the African jungle, a certain dog, horses, airplanes, friendships with white men and black. There is no life, no story quite like it.
©1942, 1983 Beryl Markham. Recorded by arrangement with North Point Press, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC (P)2003 The Arthur and Luce Klein Audio Collection, The Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University Music Library
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"Julie Harris' reading of aviatrix Beryl Markham's biography and celebration of Africa is an essential audiobook. Enjoy the magic of the spoken word and Harris' lovely performance." (AudioFile)

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Loved the story … not a fan of the narration

The biographical & historical information were fascinating. The writing style beautifully conjuring a bygone age.
Yet to have a biography of an English women from Africa read by an American seems odd to me. The mispronunciation of words (not simply the difference of pronunciation) & stilled reading style jarred.
Overall, worth listening to.

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Stunning story well narrated

I could only have done without the glorification of white elephant ivory hunters. Creature of the times but discouraging nevertheless

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Beautiful book

Lovely insights to growing up in Africa, wildlife, horse training, early aviation, love and the life of a strong independent woman ahead of her time. Highly recommended.

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One of the best books I’ve read or listened to.

Adventure, beautiful writing, and narration that fit the subject. Highly recommend this book! A good listen.

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The voice brought the story to life.

This story was fascinating and Julie Harris brought it to life with her magnificent reading of it.

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Uneven narration

Surprised to see so many good reviews of Julie Harris' reading. She's frequently turning pages in the middle of sentences, which creates some very awkward pauses and phrasings.

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