Physician Brendan Phibbs, who wrote “The Other Side of Time: A Combat Surgeon in World War II,” said, “It is a merciful God that doesn’t let us see the future.” But we all have dreams for that future, ...

The remarkable “bush-telegraph” would have immediately alerted Samburu tribes-people of our arrival in their vicinity. The speedy word-of-mouth system had already spread news throughout northern Kenya ...