African Silences

First Vintage Books Edition, July 1992

All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Originally published in hardcover by Random House, Inc.,
New York, in 1991.

Portions of this work were originally published in Audubon and Outdoor magazines.
“Pygmies and Pygmy Elephants: The Congo Basin” was originally published in Antaeus as
“Congo Basin: The Search for the Forest Elephants.” parts I and II.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Matthiessen. Peter.
African silences / Peter Matthiessen. — 1st Vintage Books ed.
p.        cm.
“Originally published in hardcover by Random House, Inc.,
New York, in 1991”—T.p. verso.
eISBN: 978-0-307-81967-3
1. Africa—Description and travel—1977- 2. Matthiessen, Peter—
Journeys—Africa. 3. Natural history—Africa. 4. Naturalists—
United States—Biography. 5. Authors, American—20th century—
Biography.    I. Title.
[DT12.25.M39    1992]
916.04’328—dc20            91–50730

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