Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (536 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400069858 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Booklist Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa has been the Varty family home for four generations. Varty recounts how his family restored dry, overgrazed land abandoned by ranchers, establishing a healthy habitat for a wide range of wildlife, including elephants, lions, impalas, baboons, and crocodiles. Located just west of Kruger National Park, it is a world-famous private wildlife preserve that attracts international visitors and broadcast-media attention. --Rick Roche . This entertaining family saga is filled wi
Boyd Varty was raised on Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. . He currently lives and works at the reserve, and his most recent projects include advocating for the restoration of an ancient elephant corridor, helping the Good Work Foundation create more learning centers in South Africa, and adventuring across the African continent on his motorbike
"seeker" said Beautiful book. This book is so much more than stories of a young man growing up on a family game reserve in so Africa -those stories are charming and paint a picture of an Africa long gone but the real story is of a family's growth and commitment to the land and the animals. It is also the story of the authors deeply spiritual journey from a dark place to light. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes to go beyond the superficial.. "Too Many Anecdotes, Maybe, But All Are Splendid" according to SCP. I guess I'm an ageist. As my age advances, my interest in young writers declines. They may have dazzling pyrotechnic writing styles - but I don't care about style, I care about content, and I want to spend my time with writers who understand things that I don't. Generally, that means writers with a range of experiences and insights that can only come from living. Believe me, I'm not saying I know it all. Most of the time I can't even say what it is. But there is something about a young person's writing that usually feels thin and unseasoned to me.Given my prejudice against tyro writers like Boyd Varty, I opened "Cathedral of the W. Could not put it down Reading the journey after my own Grand African Safari to the Mara, The Serengeti, Norongoro Crater, Chobe, and South Africa was riveting. The encounters with animals, the love of the land, conservancy and the search for peace resonated with my soul.Clear, compelling life story!
But it wasn’t just a sanctuary for the animals; it was also a place for ravaged land to flourish again and for the human spirit to be restored. Cathedral of the Wild is Varty’s memoir of his life in this exquisite and vast refuge. Boyd Varty had an unconventional upbringing. An intense spiritual quest takes him across the globe and back again—to reconnect with nature and “rediscover the track.” Cathedral of the Wild is a story of transformation that inspires a great appreciation for the beauty and order of the natural world. With his campfire wit and poet’s ear, Varty is a wonderful new voice in adventure writing.”—Susan Casey, author of The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean“From the first chapter of Cathedral of the Wild, Boyd Varty’s South Africa grabs your heart, rather like the giant mamba he encountered as a boy. The deadly snake moved on, but Varty’s stories stick.”—Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods and The Nature Principle. He describes a life that has been spent forging a