The Lands of the Saracen vs The Lost World of the Kalahari: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Lands of the Saracen The Lands of the Saracen Bayard Taylor · 1854 451 pages · ≈ 8 h 21 m · Challenging

This volume comprises the second portion of a series of travels. This work includes author's adventure travels in Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Sicily and Spain.

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Cover of The Lost World of the Kalahari The Lost World of the Kalahari Laurens van der Post · 1958 ★★★★☆ 4.0 259 pages · ≈ 4 h 48 m · Moderate
“THIS is the story of a journey in a great wasteland and a search for some pure remnant of the unique and almost vanished First People of my native land, the Bushmen of Africa.”

In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the rediscovery of the Bushmen, outcast survivors from Stone Age Africa.Laurens van der Post was fascinated…

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Ratings — 778
Editions 42 52
Film adaptations — 1
Pages 451 259

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