12 Top memoir books like Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark Owens, Delia Owens

Cover of Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark  Owens, Delia Owens

Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

By: Mark Owens , Delia Owens

3.59

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last ye…

If you liked the memoir plot in Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark Owens, Delia Owens , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness by Sharon Pincott

1. Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness

By: Sharon Pincott

4.48

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a … read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir

2. The Princes in the Tower

By: Alison Weir

3.80

Format: 319 pages, Paperback

Despite five centuries of investigation by historians, the sinister deaths of the boy king Edward V… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures by None, Graham Spence

3. The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures

By: None , Graham Spence

4.31

Format: None pages,

When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was o… read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
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4. The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness

By: Mark Owens , Delia Owens

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

After being expelled from Botswana for writing their controversial bestseller Cry of the Kalahari, … read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • zambia
  • nature

5. Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales Of A Botswana Safari Guide

By: Peter Allison

3.66

Format: 336 pages,

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  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark  Owens, Delia Owens

6. Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

By: Mark Owens , Delia Owens

3.59

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

In this riveting real-life adventure, Mark and Delia Owens tell the dramatic story of their last ye… read more

Similar categories in Mark Owens's Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People book and Mark Owens's Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People

  • africa
  • memoir
  • travel
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • zambia
  • nature

7. The Man-Eaters of Tsavo

By: Peter Hathaway Capstick , None

3.44

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

St. Martin's is proud to present a new series of the greatest classics in the literature of hunting… read more

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8. Land of a Thousand Hills: My Life in Rwanda

By: None , None

3.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1949, Rosamond Halsey Carr, a young fashion illustrator living in New York City, accompanied her… read more

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9. Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived

By: Ralph Helfer

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Spanning several decades and three continents, Modocis one of the most amazing true animal stories … read more

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10. Sounder

By: William H. Armstrong , James Barkley

4.29

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Soun… read more

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Cover of Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

11. Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

By: Christina Thompson

4.24

Format: 365 pages, Hardcover

A blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intel… read more

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  • travel
  • nonfiction
"Vision is not so much about just looking but knowing what to look for. It's experience."

-Christina Thompson, Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia

Cover of An Elephant in My Kitchen by Françoise Malby-Anthony

12. An Elephant in My Kitchen

By: Françoise Malby-Anthony

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A blonde, chic Parisienne, Francoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game … read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Orphan's Daughter by Sandy Taylor

13. The Orphan's Daughter

By: Sandy Taylor

4.48

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Ireland, 1924. For thirteen-year-old Nora Doyle every day is a fight for survival. In the rural Iri… read more

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Cover of The Elephants of Thula Thula (Elephant Whisperer, 3) by Françoise Malby-Anthony

14. The Elephants of Thula Thula (Elephant Whisperer, 3)

By: Françoise Malby-Anthony

4.45

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is the story about an extraordinary herd of … read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick

15. Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story

By: Daphne Sheldrick

4.19

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

Daphne Sheldrick, whose family arrived in Africa from Scotland in the 1820s, is the first person ev… read more

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  • africa
  • memoir
  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of The Distant Dead by Heather   Young

16. The Distant Dead

By: Heather Young

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A body burns in the high desert hills. A boy walks into a fire station, pale with the shock of a gr… read more

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Cover of The Memory of an Elephant by Alex Lasker

17. The Memory of an Elephant

By: Alex Lasker

4.62

Format: 238 pages, Kindle Edition

“The Memory of an Elephant" is an epic saga told by an aging African elephant as he makes a last, p… read more

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  • travel
  • africa
  • animals
  • nature
"I remembered the second most important rule of life, but I should have paid more heed; when things are going well, embrace the days, because they never last for long. The dark wind is always waiting …"

-Alex Lasker, The Memory of an Elephant

"In almost every life there is a moment where a choice is made that changes everything from that point on; the road not taken, the courage to speak up or remain silent in a face of a bully, the carrie…"

-Alex Lasker, The Memory of an Elephant

Cover of No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid by Will Chesney

18. No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

By: Will Chesney

4.54

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The powerful true story of a SEAL Team Six member and military dog handler, and the dog that saved … read more

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  • animals
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Lately, though, I've thought that it would be nice if more people knew about Cairo and had a chance to hear his story, and maybe connect with him in some way."

-Will Chesney, No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

"Someone once said that buying a dog is like buying a small tragedy. You know on the very first day how it will all turn out. But that's not the point, is it? It's the journey that counts, what you gi…"

-Will Chesney, No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

"Cario was a great dog, friendly and playful and trustworthy around strangers, but he was still a dog. Centuries of breeding, combined with the best training money can by, had made him a highly adept …"

-Will Chesney, No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

"When a dog gets within a few feet, before he tries to bite, I'll give him a little poke on the nose, just to see how he reacts. Mike Reaver said. It's not hard, doesn't hurt him. but it does put him …"

-Will Chesney, No Ordinary Dog: My Partner from the SEAL Teams to the Bin Laden Raid

Cover of Msomi and Me by Brian  Connell

19. Msomi and Me

By: Brian Connell

4.45

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

From the pen of conservationist, Brian Connell, comes the story of two men from different worlds un… read more

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  • africa
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Cries of the Savanna: An adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African wildlife conservation by Sue Tidwell

20. Cries of the Savanna: An adventure. An awakening. A journey to understanding African wildlife conservation

By: Sue Tidwell

4.09

Format: 568 pages, Kindle Edition

Her first night in a Tanzanian tent began with a prowling lion’s roar. Will the savage terrors open… read more

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  • travel
  • africa
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover (Part of the Africa Tales Series) by Teresa O'Kane

21. My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover (Part of the Africa Tales Series)

By: Teresa O'Kane

4.69

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

A story of love, loss, and Land Rovers. Travel from Cape Town to Northern Kenya and back with the a… read more

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  • travel
  • africa
  • nonfiction
  • memoir

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Sharon Pincott

4.48

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The Princes in the Tower

Alison Weir

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Last Rhinos: My Battle to Save One of the World's Greatest Creatures

None , Graham Spence

4.31

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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness

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4.29

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Joan Druett

4.05

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Simon Winchester

4.04

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

Neil Price

4.18

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