West with the Night - Abridged Audiobook by Beryl Markham, read by Julie Harris

West with the Night by Beryl Markham, read by Julie Harris On September 16, 1936, Beryl Markham took off from a field in Abingdon England in a Vega Gull airplane that had been loan to her by a friend. Her goal was to fly to America. 21 hours later the plane's engine failed... This is her story. Enjoy! Spoiler alert Beryl Markham (1902 - 1986) was born (maiden name Clutterbuck) in England and at age 4, her father moved her to Africa. There he raise and trained racing horses and grew but didn't train coffee plants. While growing up in British East Africa, that eventually the independent country of Kenya, Beryl grew to love Africa. She came to have harsh views on the colonialism of Africa imposed by European countries, including England. At age 17 she was a horse trainer. Beryl Markham was married 3 times, mothered one child, and kept the name of her second husband. She wrote her memoirs in this book. It came out in 1942 and was eventually forgotten. However, in 1982 some lette