My Serengeti Years: The Memoirs of an African Games Warden [Hardcover]

Myles Turner (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc; First U.S. ed. edition (May 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393025764
• ISBN-13: 978-0393025767
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #707,025 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > History > Africa > Tanzania

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Battle for Serengeti, February 27, 2009

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Vinnedge M. Lawrence "vlawrence5" (West Baldwin, ME United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Serengeti Years: The Memoirs of an African Games Warden (Hardcover)

Myles Turner's posthumous memoirs, edited by Brian Jackman and enhanced by Bob Kuhn's splendid drawings, rhapsodize the birth pangs of and interminable assaults on Tanzania's incomparable Serengeti National Park. All who are familiar with the Serengeti will find their appreciation of it amplified by Turner's intimate account of his experience as its deputy chief game warden from November 1956 to April 1972. Those for whom it remains a dream destination may embrace it vicariously as he immerses them by small plane, Land Rover, and on foot in its rich fabric of life. Zealous and unapologetic in his defense of its wildlife against poachers, bitter in his repudiation of the killing of its animals by scientific investigators, Turner was emotionally conjoined with the Serengeti. While the book's two maps are inadequate for locating many of the places detailed in Turner's recollections, referencing them affords the reader a general orientation in accompanying him throughout the park. This enthralling book conveys every sensation of what has justifiably been called "the last place on earth."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty and conservation of an eden against modern man, May 19, 2010

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Raymond Focant "rayfoc" (Belgium) - See all my reviews
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Mr TURNER describes the wild animals at home in the Serengeti.
Nature takes its course : surprises behind every corner.
Then the man comes in : poachers , opportunists of all kinds , tourists unaware ...
This book shows the measure of dedication required by a game warden. Professionnalism and scientific interest of the modern man just won't do.
The wildlife is described with sympathy . The animal was king in those days in Serengeti (1950 /1960' s)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever, December 27, 2001

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Jack (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Serengeti Years: The Memoirs of an African Games Warden (Hardcover)

This book has got to be the best book i've ever read. A true life story, Serengeti Years has inspired me to visit Tanzania and see its wildlife. Mr. Turner is a game warden in the Serengeti and shares his life with you in this wonderful book.