The African adventurers : a return to the silent places / Peter Hathaway Capstick.
Record details
- ISBN: 0312076223 :
- ISBN: 9780312076221
- Physical Description: 244 pages; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1992.
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Includes index. |
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Subject: | Big game hunting > Africa. Hunters > Africa > Biography. Adventure and adventurers > Africa. |
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- 3 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 1 copy available at Camden County Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | 799.26 Capstick (Text) | 31320003822215 | Adult Nonfiction | In transit | - |
The African Adventurers : A Return to the Silent Places
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The African Adventurers : A Return to the Silent Places
Hailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark, only Peter Hathaway Capstick "can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors' ( Sports Illustrated ). This long-awaited sequel to Death in the Silent Places brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved. * Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and soldier, rewrote the history books with his fearless treks deep into Africa. * English game ranger Constantine "Iodine" Ionides saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards. He also gained lasting fame for his uncanny ability to capture black mambas, cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other deadly snakes. * The dashing Brit Johnny Boyes who gained the chieftainship of the Kikuyu tribe with sheer bravado and survived the ferocious battles and ambushes of intertribal warfare. * And Scottish ex-boxer, Jim Sutherland, one of the best ivory hunters who ever lived. His tracking skills and stamina afoot became the stuff of African hunting legend. In The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places , Capstick delivers "the kind of chilling stories that Hemingway only heard second-hand...with a flair and style that Papa himself would admire" ( Guns and Ammo ). The author's pungent wit and his authenticity gained from years in the bush make this quartet of vintage heroics an unforgettable return to the silent places.