{"product_id":"between-railhead-river-and-mountain-oloi-shorua-9798241258618","title":"Between Railhead, River, and Mountain: Journeys Through Kenya's Changing Frontiers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book records a short journey through Kenya, made without haste and without design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins in Nairobi, at the Norfolk, where travel once followed rules and arrival carried formality. From there, the road moves north, thinning into distance, passing through settlements and conversations that still shape movement in this part of the country. Samburu follows - arid and exposed, governed entirely by the river and the lives arranged around it. The journey concludes on the lower slopes of Mount Kenya, where height, air, and silence alter both pace and attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no attempt here to catalogue wildlife or explain place. What is observed instead are the conditions of travel as they once existed: fire at night, cold at altitude, horses at dawn, and institutions built to impose order on unfamiliar land.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as a continuation of \u003ci\u003eFootprints in the African Dust\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder the Skies of Kilimanjaro\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a book concerned less with destination than with presence - and with the way certain landscapes still require patience, restraint, and time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oloi Shorua\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798241258618\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Oloi Shorua","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997325897983,"sku":"9798241258618","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/between-railhead-river-and-mountain-oloi-shorua-9798241258618","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}