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001 2006048349
003 DLC
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70158577
035 $a(OCoLC)70158577
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050 00 $aDT365.75.F56$bW44 2006a
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100 1 $aWheeler, Sara.
245 10 $aToo close to the sun :$bthe audacious life and times of Denys Finch Hatton /$cSara Wheeler.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c2007, c2006.
300 $axxii, 292 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
500 $a"Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London, in 2006"--T.p. verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index.
520 $aLegendary for his good looks, his charm, and his prowess as a soldier, lover, and hunter, Denys Finch Hatton was born to an old aristocratic family. He became a hero without trying at Eton and Oxford. In 1910, searching for novelty and danger, Finch Hatton arrived in British East Africa and fell in love--with a continent, with a landscape, with a way of life that was about to change forever, as the outbreak of World War I engulfed the region. Finch Hatton was a captain when he met Karen Blixen in Nairobi and embarked on one of the great love affairs of the twentieth century. Biographer Wheeler teases out truth from fiction in the liaison that Blixen immortalized in Out of Africa. Ever restless, Finch Hatton became an expert bush pilot, leading to his affair with aviatrix Beryl Markham--but Markham was no more able to hold him than Blixen had been.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aFinch Hatton, Denys George,$d1887-1931.
650 0 $aBritish$zAfrica, East$vBiography.
651 0 $aAfrica, East$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aAfrica, East$xHistory.
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006048349-s.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006048349-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0728/2006048349-b.html