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Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's ed good #612944 03/26/22 09:55 AM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly ed good Sidelock
ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	Originally Posted by ed good foxie, have not read conrad's book...watt is the point of your question? keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's Run With The Fox #612949 03/26/22 10:41 AM
Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,691 Likes: 907 Colorado or where the weather ... SKB Sidelock
SKB Sidelock Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,691 Likes: 907 Colorado or where the weather ...	Out of Africa is not a work of fiction but a memoir of Karen Blixen's time managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa www.bertramandco.com Hey now!

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's Run With The Fox #612951 03/26/22 10:56 AM
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ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	skb, this thread began about the movie, not the book... then it began to include the book and other books, as well... then argo tried to make it about his verison of life in kenya and the surrounding region... either movie or book, a memoir may include some undocumented facts, but it is by definition fiction, because it is only one persons memory of often long past events and individuals... Last edited by ed good; 03/26/22 11:15 AM. keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's SKB #612976 03/26/22 05:04 PM
Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 499 Likes: 172 southern New Mexico graybeardtmm3 Sidelock
graybeardtmm3 Sidelock Joined: Apr 2018 Posts: 499 Likes: 172 southern New Mexico	Originally Posted by SKB Out of Africa is not a work of fiction but a memoir of Karen Blixen's time managing a coffee plantation in Kenya. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa in 2015, i had the pleasant experience of visiting her home/estate....located in the south western portion of nairobi, the general area is known as the "karen district". the movie was partially filmed in that house, which has many of it's original furnishings....so it's not fiction - unless you're an idiot. best regards, tom "it's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards." lewis carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's Run With The Fox #612982 03/26/22 05:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly ed good Sidelock
ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	tom, oh so, part of the movie was filmed in that house... so that means the whole story is then all fact and none of it is fiction? yeah, ah git hit...if you say so man...fur sur fur sur... Last edited by ed good; 03/26/22 05:34 PM. keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's Run With The Fox #612993 03/26/22 08:30 PM
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ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	and, here is a bit of out of africa fiction... Last edited by ed good; 03/26/22 08:38 PM. keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's ed good #613019 03/27/22 12:55 PM
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OP Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	"Be Happy In Your Work"!!! RWTF "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's Run With The Fox #613024 03/27/22 03:33 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly ed good Sidelock
ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	foxie, you come here an ax questions...you git answers... how cum when you git axed questions you dont answer, even wid ah "ah don no"...watts up wid dat? keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's ed good #613026 03/27/22 03:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly ed good Sidelock
ed good Sidelock Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,530 Likes: 170 nh mostly	Originally Posted by ed good foxie, have not read conrad's book...watt is the point of your question? keep it simple and keep it safe...

Re: Out Of Africa-by way of Holt's ed good #613029 03/27/22 04:37 PM
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OP Run With The Fox Sidelock Joined: May 2008 Posts: 8,158 Likes: 114 Michigan	No Edmund- it just as realism to a great piece of writing turned into a movie- you could say that about Hemingway's novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls"- and as a matter of fact, I think I will.RWTF "The field is the touchstone of the man"..

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