The Serengeti, Mt. Kilimanjaro, the thrill of the hunt – Africa comes alive in this lyrical journal of a month on safari in December, 1933. Examining the poetic grace of the chase and the ferocity of the kill, he also looks inward, seeking to explain the lure of the hunt and the primal undercurrent that thrums on the plains of Africa. "[Lucas reads] with a resonance and assurance that add to Hemingway's confident and passionate tone."—AudioFile