Secrets of the Savanna, Mark Owens
Secrets of the Savanna, Mark Owens
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Secrets of the Savanna
Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

Author: Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Narrator: Donna Postel, Sean Runnette

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2020

Synopsis

"Vividly written...Their story is thrilling—the kind of tale that wild-animal lovers won't easily forget."—PeopleIn this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last years in Africa, fighting to save elephants, villagers, and -- in the end -- themselves. The award-winning zoologists and pioneering conservationists describe their work in the remote and ruggedly beautiful Luangwa Valley, in northeastern Zambia. There they studied the mysteries of the elephant population’s recovery after poaching, discovering remarkable similarities between humans and elephants. A young elephant named Gift provided the clue to help them crack the animals’ secret of survival. A stirring portrait of life in Africa, Secrets of the Savanna is a remarkable record of the Owenses's unique passions.

About Mark Owens

When Mark and Delia Owens first went to Africa in 1974, they bought a third-hand Land Rover, drove deep into the Kalahari Desert, and lived there for seven years. The Owens are the authors of Cry of the Kalahari, an international bestseller and winner of the John Burroughs Medal, The Eye of the Elephant, and Secrets of the Savanna. After more than thirty years in Africa, they returned to the United States to carry on their conservation work.

About Delia Owens

Delia Owens is the coauthor of three internationally bestselling nonfiction books about her life as a wildlife scientist in Africa. She holds a BS in Zoology from the University of Georgia and a PhD in Animal Behavior from the University of California at Davis. She has won the John Burroughs Award for Nature Writing and has been published in Nature, The African Journal of Ecology, and International Wildlife, among many others. She lives in the mountains of North Carolina. Where the Crawdads Sing is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ms.pegasus on April 22, 2020

Without community there is no legacy, and having read about the life's work of two people, I finished the book sorely wishing for a lasting legacy. The story of Gift, which threads its way through these journal-like essays by Mark and Delia Owens, offers hope of such a legacy. Gift was a young orphan......more

Goodreads review by Dylan on February 20, 2014

This is the third book by Mark and Delia Owens. The first two were phenomenal. The first, Cry of the Kalahari, features the couple going into the Botswana desert and setting up camp for years to study the animals, mostly lions. The place is so desolate, not even the native bushmen live there. It's a......more

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