Spirit of the Wilderness
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0994656157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
After a few flying lessons, he took to the air to carry out much of his work. These memoirs were compiled over a period of more than twenty years and he is still active as an ecological consultant. His two stints in Mozambique were some of the most rewarding years of his life. Paul Dutton was born in Johannesburg in 1933, and began working
A chance encounter in 1953 with the late Dr Ian Player, South Africa's greatest name in conservation led to a career in that field which still continues after nearly sixty years. There are detailed and absorbing accounts of stewardship during the 1960s and 1970s of some of South Africa’s best loved and most beautiful reserves; Lake St Lucia, iMfolozi, Ndumo, and later the Gorongosa National Park, Zinave and the Bazaruto Archipelago in Mozambique. This is an autobiographical account of a career in conservation and of an abiding love affair with Spirit of the Wilderness, a Piper Super Cub, two-seater, light aircraft. We encounter a huge diversity of flora and fauna, both terrestrial and marine, some of it now perilously endangered, and also a remarkable cast of fellow eminent conservationists, filmmakers,
His two stints in Mozambique were some of the most rewarding years of his life. After a few flying lessons, he took to the air to carry out much of his work. . He took possession of his Piper Super Cub in 1964. These memoirs were compiled over a period of more than twenty years and he is still active as an ecological consultant. About the Author Paul Dutton was born in Johannesburg in 1933, and began working in the family's plastics engineering firm before moving into conservation in 1958