Alive in Africa: My Journeys on Foot in the Sahara, Rift Valley, and Rain Forest

"Authentic adventures in a continent of great extremes" "Alive in Africa" chronicles author and photographer William F. Wheeler's exceptional journeys on foot through a continent of great extremes--from the Sahara desert to the grasslands of the Great Rift Valley, to the Congo rainforest. Illustrated with his stunning images, this elegantly written book takes us back to a bygone age when explorers traveled without GPS or satellite phones. A must for aficionados of fine travel writing from the likes of Bill Bryson and Paul Theroux, as well as anyone with a passion for Africa's natural beauty and the isolated peoples that live at its heart, "Alive in Africa" fully captures the author's enlightened awe for the worlds and people he encounters. In the vast wilderness, Wheeler felt closer than ever to being truly "alive," And that, he discovered, was what he was searching for all along.