But can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with words, picking up whatever was furnished on the job and nailing them together and sometimes making an okay pig pen.
"she has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer. Įrnest Hemingway was deeply impressed with Markham's writing, saying In 2004, National Geographic Adventure ranked it number 8 in its list of the 100 best adventure books. It is considered a classic of outdoor literature and was included in the United States' Armed Services Editions shortly after its publication. Her most famous book is the memoir "West With The Night", which went out of print shortly after its publication in 1942, until it was rediscovered by a California restaurateur in 1982 and achieved new popularity upon republication in 1983, during the final years of her life.West with the Night is a 1942 memoir by Beryl Markham, chronicling her experiences growing up in Kenya (then British East Africa) in the early 1900s, leading to celebrated careers as a racehorse trainer and bush pilot there. She also became an accomplished pilot, and was one of the first to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic from east to west (against prevailing winds) on September 4, 1936. She continued to be a non-conformist and trailblazer in both her professional and personal lives, marrying several times (and having numerous affairs). She spent an adventurous childhood among native Africans and became the first licensed female horse trainer in Kenya. Her most famous book is the memoir "West With The Night", which went out of print shortly after its publication in 1942, until it was red Born in England, Beryl (Clutterbuck) Markham moved to a farm near the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (then British East Africa) with her family when she was four years old. Born in England, Beryl (Clutterbuck) Markham moved to a farm near the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (then British East Africa) with her family when she was four years old.
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