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Marlin Perkins (1905–1986)

Author of My Wild Kingdom: An Autobiography

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This book is presented as a children's anthropological look at the semi-nomadic, indigenous tribes of the Kalahari desert. Bushmen is a English term that is no longer used; Sān is the preferred name of these people. Please note this was published in 1967 and should be used for historical purposes only as many of the cultural references are out of date.

"Richard Marlin Perkins...was an American zoologist best known as a host of the television program Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom from 1963 to 1985."
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Carol Morse Perkins "started as his travel companion, she grew to become his partner as well as a noted conservationist, author, TV commentator and lecturer in her own right."
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