First printed in 1942, Beryl Markham’s West with the Night only sold moderately well despite stellar reviews. Markham chronicled her many adventures in her memoir, West with the Night, published in 1942. ... and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it. If the first responsibility of a memoirist is to lead a life worth writing about, Markham succeeded beyond all measure. The title West with the Night refers to Markham’s 1936 feat of flying solo from England across the Atlantic to North America; she was the first person to do so. West With the Night (Paperback) : Markham, Beryl : A new edition of a great, underappreciated classic of our time Beryl Markham's West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Isak Dinesen. Share with your friends. Quotations by Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist, Born July 21, 1899. Quotations by Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist, Born July 21, 1899. It was out of print for nearly four decades until rediscovered and reprinted in 1983. Beryl was an English woman who grew up in Kenya together with his father on a farm. Wiesel suggests in this quote that memory is the only thing that truly makes us immortal: it is who remembers, and how they do so, which will keep society involved in collectively acknowledging the past. Markham brings to life an Africa now lost to the past, when colonizers were first arriving and before wars began to tear the continent apart. First printed in 1942, Beryl Markham’s West with the Night only sold moderately well despite stellar reviews. Out Of Africa And 'West With The Night' Author Anne Cherian was 24 when she first read — and was enthralled by — Beryl Markham's autobiography West With the Night, a beautifully written retelling of the aviator's childhood in Africa and her daring solo flight across the Atlantic. Beryl Markham’s West with the Night provides fascinating lessons in history, geography, plant and animal wildlife, and courageous living. West with the Night is a memoir of Beryl Markham, horse trainer, bush pilot, and history making aviatrix. West with the Night Quotes Showing 1-30 of 119 “I have learned that if you must leave a place that you have lived in and loved and where all your yesteryears are buried deep, leave it any way except a slow way, leave it the fastest way you can. [6] After living for many years in the United States, Markham moved back to Kenya in 1952, becoming for a time the most successful horse trainer in the country. Beryl Markham's West with the Night is a true classic, a book that deserves the same acclaim and readership as the work of her contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Isak Dinesen. Beryl followed in her father's footsteps by becoming the first woman in Africa to … The only thing that could spoil a day was people. Never shall I forget that night, the first night in the camp, which has turned into one long night, seven times cursed and seven times sealed. Her writing is beautiful and poetic, the words ones to savor and turn over in your mind. ― Beryl Markham, quote from West with the Night “Elephant, beyond the fact that their size and conformation are aesthetically more suited to the treading of this earth than our angular informity, have an average intelligence comparable to our own.