Beryl Markham, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic from east to west, describes her childhood on a farm in Kenya, her apprenticeship as a horse trainer, and her later career as a pioneer aviator who piloted passengers and supplies in a small plane to remote corners of Africa. Of her memoir Ernest Hemingway said, "...she has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer....[she] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves writers."
West with the Night is the story of a remarkable woman molded and shaped by many things: the African jungle, a certain dog, horses, airplanes, friendships with white men and black. There is no life, no story quite like it.
"Much more than a pilot's memoir, West with the Night is a wise, funny, and inspiring exploration of a life well lived."--Nation
