Wild at heart: Man and Beast in Southern Africa - Hardcover

Wild at Heart; Man and Beast in Southern Africa

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Chris Johns (Photographs) (illustrator). Presumed First Edition, First printing. Format is approximately 15 inches by 10.75 inches. 276, [4] pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. Map. Signed by the photographer Chris Johns on the title page. Small extra portion of last two pages creased and trimmed. Foreword by Nelson Mandela. Contents include: Introduction, Nowhere to Hide, The Fastest Cat on Earth, When a Dog is not a Dog, The Rules of the Game, The Tribe with No Name. Stunning full-color photographs capture the rich natural beauty of southern Africa, offering extraordinary portraits of such wildlife as rhinos, elephants, and cheetahs, as well as the interconnection of the region's diverse human inhabitants with the natural world. Chris Johns (born April 15, 1951) is a photographer and former editor-in-chief for National Geographic Magazine, a role he held from January 2005 to April 2014. After an internal reorganization at the organization, in April 2014, Johns was named chief content officer of National Geographic Society. He spent many years in Africa for the magazine and is the first photographer to have been named its editor-in-chief. He started his journalism career at daily newspapers. In 2008 Johns was named Magazine Editor of the Year and in 2011 National Geographic was named Magazine of the Year. Peter Godwin (born 4 December 1957) is a Zimbabwean author, journalist, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and former human rights lawyer. Best known for his writings concerning the breakdown of his native Zimbabwe, he has reported from more than 60 countries and written several books. He served as president of PEN American Center from 2012 to 2015. Godwin was formerly a foreign correspondent for The Sunday Times (London), covering wars in Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. Later he was the chief correspondent for the BBC's foreign affairs program, directing documentaries on Cuba, Czechoslovakia, and the Balkans. His early books include Rhodesians Never Die: The Impact of War and Political Change on White Rhodesia c1970 - 1980, co-written with Ian Hancock; The Three of Us, co-written with Joanna Coles; and Wild at Heart: Man and Beast in Southern Africa, with photographs by Chris Johns. Godwin is a contributor to The New York Times, and Vanity Fair, among other publications. In 2008 he wrote in the Times about the small islands of Likoma and Chizumulu on Lake Malawi, which are lacustrine exclaves of Malawi located in Mozambican territorial waters. He has also reviewed books for the New York Times Book Review. Artikel-Nr. 85316

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