To begin to understand that Markham's childhood was not an ordinary one. Spent most of her youth growing up on a farm in Africa by her father. He father whom she loved dearly, was a very talented horse breeder who instilled the love of horses in Markham. When most girls Beryl's age were playing with dolls and drinking tea, Beryl was learning to speak African languages and hunting with the Murani tribe who were in a sense much like Beryl's family. Beryl's father was away doing

When Markham began to fly she met a whole new group of people who influenced her greatly like the man who taught her to fly Tom Black, Denys Finch, and many others. Markham work hard at obtaining her pilots license and eventually became the first woman in both the United Stated and England to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. I feel that her earliest experiences and people like Bishon Singh, Arab Maina, Arab Kosky and especially her father molded her into the courageous and fearless woman that she was and still is. Markham's life has been an astonishing and unusual journey that led her to many places that woman had never been before. She crossed the barriers and boundaries of social norms. Markham's poetic words flowed throughout this book and captured out attention, leaving us wanting a more. Markham exclaimed of many Africa's "so there are many Africa's... Africa is mystic; it is wild, it is sweltering; it is a photographer's paradise (Markham, 8)." Beryl Markham took me on a journey through her personal Africa, and just as some many people influenced her life, she has influenced mine, to become a little more courageous and little more fearless.

business much during the day Beryl the Murani's were much her keeper during the day. I think that her father was the first influential person that we come across in West with the Night Beryl's mother left who left with Beryl's brother Richard to return to England was really not a part of her life. Beryl looked up to her father, she admired his hard work and honesty and incorporated his words or wisdom in truth in her own life. She recalls the stories her father would tells her when she was younger. She says "He would tell me old legends about Mount Kenya or about the Mengai Crater...I would ride alongside and ask endless questions (Markham 58)." To think that even after years had passed and she wrote this book much later in her life she still could vividly remember some of the conversations she had with her family.

Horse had always been apart of Beryl's life so it was certainly no surprise was she decided to take on training horses as a career. After her fathers business failed and her has to go to Peru he suggested that she travel to Molo to take up horse training. She left with only Pegasus, a couple of feedbags and a small amount of personal items. At that time horse training and racing was a male dominated sport, and no woman had yet earned a trai

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Approximate Word count = 1627
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)