Short description
Chronicles a journey by foot across East Africa, and depicts the vanishing animals of a rapidly vanishing world.
Review
Rick Ridgeway is a graceful and engaging companion, and East Africa teems with danger, challenge, and excitement. --Bill Bryson, The New York Times Book Review
Mr. Ridgeway's effort is to use his trek, which takes him from the ice fields of Africa's highest mountain to the Indian Ocean...as a starting point for reflections on history and nature. --Richard Bernstein, The New York Times