Under Our Double Terais: A Kenya Memoir

By Philip Beverly

Pip Beverly left school in England when he was fourteen and went with his family to Kenya in 1924. 'Under our Double Terais' is his account of the struggles to make a living on a coffee farm surrounded by large wild animals at Nyeri, 100 miles to the north of Nairobi. His sense of humour is evident in the descriptions of the colourful characters he met and his own adventures and attempts to support himself and his family as a professional hunter before becoming, later in life, a dedicated animal conservationist. The formation of the Kenya Regiment, farming near Nakuru in the Rift Valley after the war, the horrors of the Mau Mau movement and the repercussions of independence are littered with witty anecdotes told by a man, described in the foreword to the book, as having a most delightful sense of the ridiculous.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1500817805
• ISBN13: 9781500817800
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 0.7" x 6.7"