Photographs of zebras, lions, hyenas, and elephants, supplement diary entries of the couple who have spent their lives living on the African savannah, and their determined efforts to protect its wildlife.
Hardcover, and published by the National Geographic Society, it is 224 pages long.
Famed cinematographers Dereck and Beverly Joubert have spent decades in Botswana studying wildlife and making award-winning films. In this memoir, Dereck gives the reader an intimate look at what it takes to spend months in the veld. The text is interspersed with excerpts from their field journals, lending an air of immediacy to the remembrances. The text is filled with the hardships and beauty of living in the bush; with the wonder of witnessing the birth of a baby elephant and the horror of the poaching of black rhinos; and with the insights into animal behavior that come from years of observation. This beautifully illustrated book is as close as most of us will ever get to living in the African wilds.
