The Varied Airs of Spring

Amusing, anecdotal, informative, in the best Ilka Chase style, The Varied Airs of Spring details the adventures of Miss Chase and her husband, Dr. Norton Brown, in Africa, Italy, Greece, Spain and the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and Elba. A high spot of their trip is a "proper safari" through the teeming game preserves of East Africa where, in addition to the flora and fauna, they encounter Joy Adamson living in a one-room shack papered with the jackets of her book Born Free. Throughout, the reader will find incisive observations on where to go, where to stay, what to do, what to eat and what to avoid...whether milling with the mighty on the Emerald Coast or leisurely viewing leopards from a treehouse at Secret Valley.