cover image Speak to the Earth: 2wanderings and Reflections Among Elephants and Mountains

Speak to the Earth: 2wanderings and Reflections Among Elephants and Mountains

Vivienne Dewatteville. Penguin Books, $7.95 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-14-011086-9

``A first-rate story of adventure, this is also a charming period piece,'' wrote PW of this ``extraordinary story of a young woman's solo safari in East Africa from 1928 to 1929,'' noting particularly that ``descriptions of animals and landscapes are marvelous.'' Photos. (August)