Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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  1. Strong and Sensitive Cats

    The cat is surely America’s favorite domestic animal, but remarkably little is known about its inner world. The author describes two important traits of cats: their highly developed sense organs and the fact that they are social creatures rather than solitaries

  2. The Harmless People

    A young Radcliffe graduate who was a member of three expeditions through the Kalahari Desert . ELIZABETH MARSHALL THOMAS lived for many months among the Bushmen inSouth-West Africa. In this excerpt from her book, THE HARMLESS PEOPLE, soon to be published by Knopf she show’s how these true aboriginals manage to survive in an all but uninhabit able land.