Author: RUSSELL, FRANKLIN
Title: Season on the Plain
Description: London, Andre Deutsch. 1975, First Edition. (ISBN: 0233966315). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket that has the price crossed out (although still shows). An account of four 'characters', whose fortunes are followed on an 'island' of rock on the African plain. One is a leopard who has been forced out of his territory, one a baboon, one a solitary nomadic lion and the last a hyena with a litter of cubs to feed. The setting is a composite of several actual places and his sources are scores of game wardens, scientists and even poachers and the objective is to present a drama of African natureas a whole. An unusual and fascinating book. 107. Fine/Very Good.

Keywords: African Plain, Leopard, Baboon, Lion, Hyena 0233966315


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