Born in Leicester, England in 1902. She was inspired by game hunter, Denys Finch, to learn to fly "Africa was the life of my childhood" p. 13

Aviator: an early term for an airplane pilot. Aviatrix: a female pilot Nandi Murani: the local native tribe near the Clutterbuck's farm.

Beryl's father who raised her all by himself in Africa after her mother and brother went back home to England.

The main theme in West With The Night is adventure. Markham has outstanding courage to set forth on the many adventures that she does.

When Beryl Markham first started flying she was the only licensed female pilot in Africa, now the female pilots out number the male pilots . "So far as I know, I was the only professional woman pilot in Africa at that time." p.9

To Beryl Markham and aviator was more than just an airplane, to her it seemed to be alive.

According to "The lives of Beryl Markham" written by Errol ". Markham didn't really write West With The Night, the real author was her third husband, Raoul Schumacher, who was a writer and journalist. "