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Hunting Africian animals
If you love hunting and Africa this is the book for you. It is all hunting. There is somethings about the people. A little about his guns, but he went on to become one of the greatest African hunters ever. The great game reserve of Tanzania is named for him. I loved this book. It is direct and to the point, hunting, hunting and more hunting. Read it and enjoy. thanks
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June 26, 2008
(Fulton, New York USA) | Helpful Votes: 12 | Rating: 5
fantastic
One of the very best exploration/hunting history books about Africa. Well written and easy reading. These oldtime hunters were tough.
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December 26, 2008
(SE Washington State) | Helpful Votes: 7 | Rating: 5
Product Description
- Quality Digital Text
- Hyper-Linked Table of Contents
- Linked Animal and Safari Illustrations
Extended title: "A Hunter's Wanderings In Africa; Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa Containing Accounts of Explorations Beyond The Zambesi, on the River Chobe, and In the Matabele and Mashuna Countries, with Full Notes Upon the Natural History and Present Distribution of all the Large Mammalia."
Teddy Roosevelt called the author, Frederick Courteney Selous, “the greatest big-game hunter in the world.” This book is one of the most highly regarded, hunting classics - a must-have for any serious hunter or adventurer.
"A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa" covers the nine years of Safari from 1871 until 1880. Selous' adventures were the acknowledged model for Henry Rider Haggard's books about the fictional character, Allan Quatermain. It is also claimed that Selous' stories eventually influenced the creation of Indiana Jones.
Accurate accounts of hunting, travels, and tribulations! They're all in this book. There are also original art illustrations of game and situations of the Safaris.
A brief excerpt from a listing of the first five of 24 Chapters follows:
Chapter I.
- Land at Algoa Bay
- Diamond Fields
- Trading Trip through Griqualand
- The Chief Manchuran
- Batlapin Village
- Bushman's Lair
- Klas Lucas, the Koranna Chief
- Bechuanas at Lange
Chapter II.
- Seventy-eight Elephants shot
- Chief, Montsua
- Secheli
- Bamangwato First Giraffe-hunt
- Lost in the Veldt
- Tati Gold Fields
- Mashuna Diggings
Chapter III.
- Massacre of a Tribe Lobengula, King of the Matabele
- Umziligazi
- Slaughter of the "Headmen"
- Battle of Zwang Indaba
- Terrible Adventure with a Lion
- Mashunas
Chapter IV.
- Eland shot
- Abundance of Game
- Rain
- Hardship
- "Bill" and the Crocodile
Chapter V.
-"Inxwāla" Dance
- Matabele War Dress
- Black Rhinoceros
- Bull Elephants
- Linquāsi Valley
- Hunting in the "Fly
- Varieties of Fauna
- Sable Antelope
- A "Skerm"
- A Grand Elephant-hunt
- Narrow Escape of a Kafir
...
continues with... Chapter VI - Chapter XXIX
Two Special Chapters are also included in this edition covering F.C. Selous' talks on South African Rhinoceroses and South Central African Antelopes that he presented to the Zoological Society.
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— A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa — A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa — A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa —
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- Quality Digital Text
- Hyper-Linked Table of Contents
- Linked Animal and Safari Illustrations
Extended title: "A Hunter's Wanderings In Africa; Being a Narrative of Nine Years Spent Amongst the Game of the Far Interior of South Africa Containing Accounts of Explorations Beyond The Zambesi, on the River Chobe, and In the Matabele and Mashuna Countries, with Full Notes Upon the Natural History and Present Distribution of all the Large Mammalia."
Teddy Roosevelt called the author, Frederick Courteney Selous, “the greatest big-game hunter in the world.” This book is one of the most highly regarded, hunting classics - a must-have for any serious hunter or adventurer.
"A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa" covers the nine years of Safari from 1871 until 1880. Selous' adventures were the acknowledged model for Henry Rider Haggard's books about the fictional character, Allan Quatermain. It is also claimed that Selous' stories eventually influenced the creation of Indiana Jones.
Accurate accounts of hunting, travels, and tribulations! They're all in this book. There are also original art illustrations of game and situations of the Safaris.
A brief excerpt from a listing of the first five of 24 Chapters follows:
Chapter I.
- Land at Algoa Bay
- Diamond Fields
- Trading Trip through Griqualand
- The Chief Manchuran
- Batlapin Village
- Bushman's Lair
- Klas Lucas, the Koranna Chief
- Bechuanas at Lange
Chapter II.
- Seventy-eight Elephants shot
- Chief, Montsua
- Secheli
- Bamangwato First Giraffe-hunt
- Lost in the Veldt
- Tati Gold Fields
- Mashuna Diggings
Chapter III.
- Massacre of a Tribe Lobengula, King of the Matabele
- Umziligazi
- Slaughter of the "Headmen"
- Battle of Zwang Indaba
- Terrible Adventure with a Lion
- Mashunas
Chapter IV.
- Eland shot
- Abundance of Game
- Rain
- Hardship
- "Bill" and the Crocodile
Chapter V.
-"Inxwāla" Dance
- Matabele War Dress
- Black Rhinoceros
- Bull Elephants
- Linquāsi Valley
- Hunting in the "Fly
- Varieties of Fauna
- Sable Antelope
- A "Skerm"
- A Grand Elephant-hunt
- Narrow Escape of a Kafir
...
continues with... Chapter VI - Chapter XXIX
Two Special Chapters are also included in this edition covering F.C. Selous' talks on South African Rhinoceroses and South Central African Antelopes that he presented to the Zoological Society.
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— A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa — A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa — A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa —
===============================================================================
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Classic Africana
If you are into reading about old time African hunters, this book is one you must have on your shelves. He was obviously a very tough man who lived a life full of adventure. If you read many other old time African hunters, you will find this book to complement others. Well worth buying.
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September 27, 2006
(Murtoa, Victoria, Australia) | Helpful Votes: 20 | Rating: 4
It is a good guide but needs to be updated
