Globe Pequot / Bradt Travel Guides
Pages: 224
978-1-84162-493-8 • Paperback • April 2014 • $16.99 • (£12.99)
Brian Jackman is a freelance journalist and author with a lifelong passion for travel and wildlife. For 20 years he worked for The Sunday Times during which time he was voted Travel Writer of the Year in 1982. In that same year he also won the Wildscreen ’82 award for the best commentary script, Osprey, at the first International Wildlife and Television Festival in Bristol. His African books include The Marsh Lions and The Big Cat Diary (both with Jonathan Scott) and Roaring at the Dawn.
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The whole of sub-Saharan Africa.
New features
· Each chapter visits a different area of sub-Saharan Africa and each one is illuminated by the author’s personal experiences.
· The author, having worked for The Sunday Times for 20 years, is a freelance journalist with a passion for travel and wildlife.
· Stresses the urgent need for conservation of a fragile environment.
· Written for a popular audience with minimal scientific jargon.