In 1949; Rosamond Halsey Carr; a young fashion illustrator living in New York City; accompanied her dashing hunter-explorer husband to what was then the Belgian Congo. When the marriage fell apart; she decided to stay on in neighboring Rwanda; as the manager of a flower plantation. Land of a Thousand Hills is Carr's thrilling memoir of her life in Rwanda—a love affair with a country and a people that has spanned half a century. During those years; she has experienced everything from stalking leopards to rampaging elephants; drought; the mysterious murder of her friend Dian Fossey; and near-bankruptcy. She has chugged up the Congo River on a paddle-wheel steamboat; been serenaded by pygmies; and witnessed firsthand the collapse of colonialism. Following 1994's Hutu-Tutsi genocide; Carr turned her plantation into a shelter for the lost and orphaned children-work she continues to this day; at the age of eighty-seven.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It is an excellent book. It gives the big details and plenty ...By wpmomMy husband read this book. It was his first book on the Mariana Turkey Shoot. After looking at some reviews; he had some doubts about the book but still bought it. It is an excellent book. It gives the big details and plenty of small details; like the names of pilots and details of small encounters that are usually skipped. It is a good read that he would recommend to others.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A book written for navy membersBy Gordon in OregonI bought this book because my father was chief of the boat on the Cavalla; the submarine which sank one of the Japanese aircraft carriers during this battle. It was an amazing experience for me to read of this; because my dad never talked about those kind of details; nor much of his 28 years experience on subs and at sea. The book however assumed you were familiar with the Navy lexicon as it pertains to primarily aircraft carriers; the various types of planes involved; and the like. Because of this; it was a bit difficult to follow; or picture exactly what type of planes were involved in particular fights. The same was true of equivalent Japanese type planes. I also felt the author was; what's the word - snobbish? because he would state the names of people involved; but would separate them as to which Annapolis class he graduated from; or what college he went to; and what year he graduated. Yes; there was a bit of "ring-knocking" going on. On the other hand; the author had definite opinions on who did good (command-wise) and who was left wanting. That I feel is a good thing. History seems to be going back over this period and reversing views on some of the headliners of the era. This from several different WWII books I have read. Altogether an informative book; well researched; and worth reading.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good information about what happened in that battle in World ...By st ruellGood information about what happened in that battle in World War 2 and the writer had a hard task to condense and explain and synthesize the action into a coherent whole that made the action understandable. Interesting over all but could have been written better.I thought there was way too much time to naming every pilot with their rank and hometown; There were thousands of other sailors involved that get no mention. Did it really matter what their ranks were? And then the action was confused and not coherent in places because he was naming the pilots individually. And I thought the slang got in the way; using strange words for the hundreds of different planes shot down; each time trying to use a different way to say it.
