In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives; of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom; of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her; of primitive festivals; of big game that were her near neighbors--lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes--and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful. This edition is set from the first American edition of 1937 and commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of Random House.

Author's life on a coffee farm in Kenya.

The true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who runs a coffee plantation in Kenya in 1914.

The fascinating true story of Karen Blixen, a strong-willed woman who, with her philandering husband, runs a coffee plantation in Kenya, circa 1914. To her astonishment, she soon discovers herself falling in love with the land, its people and a mysterious white hunter.

The author describes her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya for seventeen years before returning to Denmark in 1931 to write.