Africa's Greatest Hunter: The Lost Writings of Fredrick C. Selous,9781571570048

Africa's Greatest Hunter: The Lost Writings of Fredrick C. Selous

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781571570048
ISBN10: 1571570047
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-11-01
Publisher(s): Natl Book Network
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Summary

The writings of Selous appear in one landmark volume, coplete with rare photographs and annotated by renowned African expert, Dr. James Casada. Selous describes early days in Botswana and Zambezia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vi
A Note on Selection vii
Editor's Introduction ix
PART ONE: A HUNTER'S EARLY WANDERINGS
Christmas in an African Desert
7(10)
Incidents of a Hunter's Life in South Africa
17(22)
Lion Hunting, Past and Present
39(10)
Twenty Years in Zambezia
49(52)
PART TWO: THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN
Hunting in Central Africa: The Sportsman's Outfit
101(12)
African Antelope Heads and Horns
113(8)
Game Preservation
121(4)
Big Game in South Africa and Its Relation to the Tsetse Fly
125(20)
The Romance of the World's Great Rivers: The Zambezi
145(8)
Journeys in the Interior of South-Central Africa
153(16)
PART THREE: THE WISDOM OF AFRICA'S GREATEST HUNTER
Big-Game Rifles
169(8)
Big-Game Hunting in Africa
177(34)
The African Elephant
211(18)
The Lion-South and Southeast Africa
229(22)
The Hippopotamus
251(8)
Bibliographical Essay 259

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