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When Mark Owens and his wife Delia 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.

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	Cry of the Kalahari by Mark Owens, Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 8,619 ratings — published 1984 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness by Delia Owens (Goodreads Author), Mark Owens 4.19 avg rating — 3,363 ratings — published 1992 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark Owens, Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 1,181 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Delia Owens in Africa: A Life in the Wild by Mark Owens, Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Kokainbosse / Schätze dieser Erde / Herbstmilch / Der Ruf der Kalahari by Guy Guliotta, Jeff Leen, Günter Seuren 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Business of Ecotourism by Carol Patterson, Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Mark Owens (Foreword) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Only when we pause to wonder do we go beyond the limits of our little lives. —Rod McKuen”
― Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari

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“The entire Blue Pride, nine in all, surrounded us, nearly all of them asleep. We were quite literally in bed with a pride of wild Kalahari lions.”
― Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari

tags: kalahari, lions

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“The people of the village were hungry. We avoided the eyes of the begging children, embarrassed that we had nothing we could give them, yet knowing we were wealthy by comparison.”
― Mark Owens, Cry of the Kalahari

tags: africa, poverty

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