All the King's Animals by Cristina Kessler
A century ago, Swaziland was replete with wild animals, such as impalas, elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses, and lions. Over the years, poaching, hunting, farming, disease, and overpopulation annihilated these and other creatures in this South African country. However, during the past thirty years, one man has led the effort to successfully return wildlife to Swaziland. Author-photographer Cristina Kessler documents the inspiring work of conservationist Ted Reilly.
Cristina Kessler grew up in Los Altos, CA. Ever since the age of 10, she knew that she wanted to be a writer, and since the age of 12 she also knew that she would be a traveler, when she read a complete encyclopedia set called Lands and Peoples. This has led her to visit 104 countries, with the bonus of learning 7 languages along the way. Cristina met her husband, Joe, as a fellow Peace Corps volunteer in 1973. They were volunteers for 5 years in Honduras, Kenya and the Seychelles. Upon finishing Peace Corps they took a 3 1/2 year trip that got them from the Seychelles, down the Nile for 1000 miles, 7 months crewing on a 55' trimaran in the Caribbean, then overland from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego and back. They spent 5 months on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos, tagging turtles for the Darwin Research Station, and went to Antarctica for 3 1/2 weeks with the Chilean navy. From 1981 to 2001 Joe worked for CARE and they lived in Sierra Leone, Indonesia, Honduras, Mexico, Niger, Mozambique, Sudan, Ethiopia and Mali. Between Niger and Mozambique in 1990 they took a seven-month trip to the South Pacific. In 2001 they moved from the southern reaches of the Sahara Desert to the Caribbean Sea on St. John, USVI. Her philosophy in life is Any trip, Anywhere, Anytime! She visits Africa at least once a year, and sometimes twice. Cristina began writing for children in 1981, when she sold her first manuscript to Highlights for Children. Since that time she has written for magazines in Asia, Africa, America and Europe. She has also worked for various international organizations, doing the writing, photography and lay-out design for fund-raising materials. Cristina's books and Young Adult novels include: ONE NIGHT, ALL THE KING'S ANIMALS, KONTE CHAMELEON, FINE, FINE, FINE!, NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT, MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S GOURD, JUBELA, OUR SECRET, SIRI AANG, THE BEST BEEKEEPER OF LALIBELA, TROUBLE IN TIMBUKTU, and HOPE IS HERE! With her books for kids she has a personal writing agenda, which is to get the good news out about Africa. Cristina has traveled down Memory Lane and wrote TALES OF AN IKUT SWAMI, a collection of her experiences with women in the Developing World. Each country was a new adventure and a new challenge and being an Ikut Swami gave her the freedom to try whatever opportunities came her way. Cristina and her husband, Joe, currently reside on St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781563979408 |
| ISBN 10 | 1563979403 |
| Title | All the King's Animals |
| Author | Cristina Kessler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Astra Publishing House |
| Year published | 2001-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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