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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. This text refers to the Bibliobazaar edition.
A Hunter Wanderings in Africa Frederick Courteney Selous 9781117622774 Books
This is probably the book that did most to send Roosevelt and Hemingway to Africa. It is interesting (to me at least) that of all the slaughter of all the animals around the world, English-speaking Africa wins trunks and manes down for the best hunting literature. And yet, after all, I don't think there's enough to sustain a semester-long course on safari books. I tried to write such a syllabus, and it was surprising whose books no longer stood up: Martin Johnson, for instance, the pioneering filmmaker and adventure, Carl Akeley, perhaps the greatest taxidermist of African animals, Robert Ruark, who comes off as the most successful but painfully obvious Hemingway imitator.Selous had a gift for surviving and recounting his survivals. Who knows how many adventurers never survived beyond their first adventure--however good they may have been at writing? And how many adventurers had their minds blunted rather than stimulated by hardship? Or after the 1930's could see Africa through no eyes but Hemingway's? There is no doubt that Selous was a remarkably observant person, and he was equally remarkable in the ability to share observation while recounting several safaris that must have been tediously familiar in the day-to-day stuff but which are not in the least tedious in the telling.
As the primary model for Haggard's Allan Quatermain, Selous will strike readers of Haggard as having similarities of expression as well as setting and circumstance, whether you read this book or KING SOLOMON'S MINES first.
Whoever put the Abercrombie & Fitch Library together had excellent taste, and this edition is both durable and handsome enough that I'm happy to have found a copy reasonably. Is it the absolute best safari book? Well, you have to give something over to genius and GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA is still my favorite. But this one is probably better than Roosevelt's AFRICAN GAME TRAILS, perhaps my third favorite. Peter Capstick had good taste as well as being a good safari writer himself (LONG GRASS, for instance) and the series he put together for St. Martins also has a couple of authors who are as good as their experiences: Patterson's MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO (which you have to read simply because he was there/he was he man, and Pease's BOOK OF THE LION, ditto. Both of these latter may remind you a little of the Monty Python lion-hunter sketch in their matter-of-fact "quite-so" telling. The Safari Press reprint of Bell's WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER is also a very nice edition of a wonderful book.
I haven't read Stewart Edward White (should I?), but for the most part the rest I've read is nowhere as fetching as these. Since at my age I'm fairly certain I'll never get to Africa--and on my income knowing it would never be a hunting safari in any case--I'm very happy to have this short shelf of books in my library. But really, you gotta read Selous.
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A Hunter Wanderings in Africa Frederick Courteney Selous 9781117622774 Books Reviews
This is history, geography, hunting , and cultural anthropology. This a diary but a story built around campfires, hunger, thirst and adventure.
I was unaware when I ordered that this is basically a kindle book printed and bound in paperback. In this case, it is acceptable, but devoid of pictures or graphs.
That said, this is an insightful picture into a forgotten time when Africa was truly the last domain of the Pleistocene animals in great numbers in the world, which, sadly due to population increases it will never be again no matter how hard conservationists or preservationists work.
I got the book because I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback. I wanted real stories about the dog, what they were bred for. It turned out to be a fascinating read, written in 1800s speak, with observations of the 1800s. It's tedious at times, but the relatively short chapters make it a tolerable read. Enjoyable, actually, and not that focused on RRs. One of the things that struck me is when Selous said that he was only able to kill, I don't know exactly, 100+ elephants, over a couple of seasons, that the hunting wasn't as rich or fruitful as it'd once been. Duh.
An riveting tale. Young Selous arrives in Africa with a little money and no prospects and parlays that into not only great profits, but a reputation for fearlessness and intrepidness that would stand him for the rest of his life. This story is not for the squeamish or politically correct. Even the true conservationists among us who know the history and positive effects of hunting will be unsettled at the sheer numbers of elephants killed in pursuit of ivory, but when one reads this for the time in which it was written, it becomes an engaging tale of survival by hard men in a harsh and unforgiving land.
Wanton Killing of wildlife for sport/pleasure as opposed to ridding the environment of rogue animals.
I had often looked at this book to read and am so glad I purchased it recently. I went on a safari to South Africa last year and having been there now lets me read this with brand new eyes. The author’s descriptions are phenomenal and his exploits extraordinary.
Well written and unapologetic about his actions, the author's hunting exploits must be taken in context with the time in which they occurred. He describes wounding far more animals than he kills, especially elephants. Cow elephants were considered fair game during his time and the author complains about the small size of ivory and the diminished number of animals in some regions during his life time.
It is historically fascinating and I would recommend it for all serious hunters especially as a model of history that should not be repeated.
This is probably the book that did most to send Roosevelt and Hemingway to Africa. It is interesting (to me at least) that of all the slaughter of all the animals around the world, English-speaking Africa wins trunks and manes down for the best hunting literature. And yet, after all, I don't think there's enough to sustain a semester-long course on safari books. I tried to write such a syllabus, and it was surprising whose books no longer stood up Martin Johnson, for instance, the pioneering filmmaker and adventure, Carl Akeley, perhaps the greatest taxidermist of African animals, Robert Ruark, who comes off as the most successful but painfully obvious Hemingway imitator.
Selous had a gift for surviving and recounting his survivals. Who knows how many adventurers never survived beyond their first adventure--however good they may have been at writing? And how many adventurers had their minds blunted rather than stimulated by hardship? Or after the 1930's could see Africa through no eyes but Hemingway's? There is no doubt that Selous was a remarkably observant person, and he was equally remarkable in the ability to share observation while recounting several safaris that must have been tediously familiar in the day-to-day stuff but which are not in the least tedious in the telling.
As the primary model for Haggard's Allan Quatermain, Selous will strike readers of Haggard as having similarities of expression as well as setting and circumstance, whether you read this book or KING SOLOMON'S MINES first.
Whoever put the Abercrombie & Fitch Library together had excellent taste, and this edition is both durable and handsome enough that I'm happy to have found a copy reasonably. Is it the absolute best safari book? Well, you have to give something over to genius and GREEN HILLS OF AFRICA is still my favorite. But this one is probably better than Roosevelt's AFRICAN GAME TRAILS, perhaps my third favorite. Peter Capstick had good taste as well as being a good safari writer himself (LONG GRASS, for instance) and the series he put together for St. Martins also has a couple of authors who are as good as their experiences Patterson's MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO (which you have to read simply because he was there/he was he man, and Pease's BOOK OF THE LION, ditto. Both of these latter may remind you a little of the Monty Python lion-hunter sketch in their matter-of-fact "quite-so" telling. The Safari Press reprint of Bell's WANDERINGS OF AN ELEPHANT HUNTER is also a very nice edition of a wonderful book.
I haven't read Stewart Edward White (should I?), but for the most part the rest I've read is nowhere as fetching as these. Since at my age I'm fairly certain I'll never get to Africa--and on my income knowing it would never be a hunting safari in any case--I'm very happy to have this short shelf of books in my library. But really, you gotta read Selous.
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