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This book traces the Authors change of heart about the destruction of big game and his long struggle to obtain official support for the idea of setting up game reserves in Kenya.

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With a film camera and a gun he wanders over the long plains and steep passes of Northern Kenya, ankle deep in volcanic dust, or through gorilla and rhino tunnels, forced passages in the massed bamboo forests of the 'Mountains of the Moon' on the edge of the Congo.

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A newspaper reporter in Africa.

As recently as ten years ago, out of every ten African elephants that died, four fell at the hands of poachers. The figure today is eight. Rhinoceroses are being slaughtered throughout their ranges. The Vietnamese one-horned rhinoceros is extinct, the western black rhino is now believed to be extinct, and the northern white rhinoceros, the largest of them all, survives - only precariously - in captivity. Since the worldwide ban on ivory trading was passed in 1989, author Ronald Orenstein has been at the heart of the fight. The ban came after a decade that saw half of Africa's elephants slaughtered by poachers. After the ban, Africa's elephants started to recover - but in 1997 the ban was partially relaxed, and in 2008 it was agreed that China could legally import ivory from four designated States in southern Africa. Today a new ivory crisis has arisen - this time, fuelled by internal wars in Africa and a growing market in the Far East. Seizures of smuggled ivory have shot up in the past two years. Bands of militia have crossed from one side of Africa to the other, slaughtering elephants with automatic weapons. At the same time a market surge in Vietnam has led to an onslaught against the world's rhinoceroses, animals far more endangered than elephants. Rhinos are being killed everywhere for their horns, mistakenly believed to cure cancer. Horns have changed hands at prices higher per kilo than for gold. Organised crime has moved into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn. The situation, for both elephants and rhinos, is dire. This captivating book sketches out a crime story that, for most, is unseen and takes place thousands of miles away and in countries that few will visit. But like the trade in illegal drugs, the trade in elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns has far-reaching implications not only for two species of endangered animals but also for all of us who are ultimately touched by a world-wide underground economy whose pillars are organised crime, corruption and violence. Among the topics explored are: Ivory and Luxury; Rhino Horn and Medicine; What Makes Poachers Poach?; CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora); The Ivory Crisis and the Ban; Rhinos Under Guard; Coming to Grips with Poaching.

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Travels in Ivory Coast and Liberia; observations primarily anthropological. Includes two chapters on big-game hunting.

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Experiences in rural South Africa. ‘To own a place” in Britain you need to be wealthy. But in South Africa a place is possible for almost anyone. They speak there of “Coetzee’s place” or “Nel’s place” or “Smith’s place”; only they pronounce it “plek” and they mean a farm or a plantation. Looking forward to the coming of peace the South African Government has already expressed itself eager to welcome settlers and to help them with grants of land loans and advice. Naturally they think first of their own returning service men but they will also welcome others of the Empire. There is space in the vastness of South Africa for so many.'”

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An account of the authors second African Safari.

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Translated from the German by Eric Northcott. The experiences of a Swiss ethnologist when living alone with a primitive stone-age people in the heart of the Matto Grosso.

Many hunters have gone to Africa, but Dr. Greenfield went to Africa with a different attitude. He wanted to learn more about the continent and its wildlife . . . and he wanted to hunt buffalo. First stop, the Serengeti. He became so enthralled with hunting Africa’s "Black Death" that he immediately signed up for another Cape buffalo hunt. Gradually he began to hunt other game, specifically elephant and lion...

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The author takes the reader along into the life of the White Hunter and through thorny paths in Pori Tupu (Sheer Bush).

True accounts of canoeing in Central Africa. Canoeing the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe and the Rio Save and the Buzi River in Mozambique. Encounters with Hippo and Crocs, Lions, Leopards and Elephants. Catching the most venomous snakes of Africa. Zoological expeditions into remote areas. Africa when it was still wild. Swimming with Crocodiles and walking with Lions.

Ivory's Ghosts: the White Gold of History and the Fate of Elephants.

Long before gold & gemstones held allure, humans were drawn to the “jewels of the elephant”—its great tusks—for their beauty, rarity, & ability to be finely carved. In Ivory’s Ghosts, John Frederick Walker tells the astonishing story of the human lust for ivory & its cataclysmic implications for elephants. Each age & each culture, from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century America & modern Japan, found its own artistic, religious, & even industrial uses for the remarkable material that comes from the teeth of elephants & a handful of other mammals. Sensuous figurines, scientific instruments, pistol grips, & piano keys were all the result—as was human enslavement & the wholesale slaughter of elephants. By the 1980s, elephant poaching threatened the last great herds of the African continent & led to a worldwide ban on international trade. But the ban has failed to stop poaching, & debate continues over what to do with the legitimate & growing stockpiles of ivory recovered from elephants that die of natural causes. An insightful history of this precious commodity, Ivory’s Ghosts is also a wrenching—& utterly compelling—argument for a controversial mode of wildlife conservation: a controlled return to the ivory trade.

THE LOST CLASSICS OF ROBERT RUARK
by Robert Ruark
1996 Long Beach, 260pp, photos and drawings, 6x9, hardcover, dj

These are the magazine stories that Ruark wrote in the 1950s and 1960s, but were never published in book form. Some of these stories will make you laugh out loud while others will bring a tear to the eye of even the toughest disposition. Ruark was one of America's most enduring writers whose hunting and outdoor stories are timeless. His work transcends generations, and his words delight readers regardless of age. The Lost Classicswill have you reminiscing of bygone days while you read about "The Old Man and the Boy," "Stories from Down Home," "The Boy Expands His Horizons," and "Papa Hemingway." The final section includes stories that Ruark wrote about himself and is entitled "Ruark on Ruark." Includes a lengthy biographical sketch by Dr. Jim Casada as well as a detailed bibliographical appendix on all of Ruark's books and papers.

Some hunters go to Africa to collect animals; others go to have a change of scenery and a simple vacation away from it all; few, however, go to gain extensive experience in hunting big game in Africa for the sheer thrill of it. Pierre Decoster is one of the few. Decoster is interested in more than just Africa’s game; he’s interested in its culture, people, and in being on a continent that is by all counts fifty years behind the rest of the world. These are the magnets that have drawn the author back again and again.

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Author's 300 miles trip from the source of the Nile to the sea through some of Africa's most remarkable big game hunting country. Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, French Equatorial Africa. Scarce & sought after and a vg+ copy in the scarce vg dj. This is more travel & adventure than hunting by a man who has written several other good hunting books.

A Young Man's Astounding Adventures in 19th Century Equatorial Africa

This is the stuff of legends — the true story of the life of Trader Horn. Down on his luck in old age, Horn recounts his wild youth as an ivory trader in central Africa, journeying into jungles teaming with buffalo, gorillas, and man-eating leopards; liberating an Isorga princess from captivity; navigating treacherous rivers; freeing slaves; and meeting Cecil Rhodes, the founder of Rhodesia. Trader Horn is a vivid and unforgettable portrait of a vanished period in African history.

When the British government undertook the construction of the Uganda Railway through East Africa in 1898, harsh criticism from the press, tremendous amounts of money spent, and rebelliousness of the workers turned out to be the least of the government's worries. Their biggest obstacle came in the form of two ravenous lions with a taste for human flesh, terrorizing the 35,000 labourers building a railway bridge over the Tsavo River. After killing more than 130 people over the course of nine months, the lions completely halted construction, as the workers were too afraid to continue. Colonel John Henry Patterson, the chief engineer overseeing the project, then took matters into his own hands. An inexperienced hunter at the time, but a courageous and clever man, he took on the beasts and single-handedly brought an end to their nine-month reign of terror. Patterson's true account of his gripping and terrifying adventures confronting the lions and overseeing the project termed "The Lunatic Line," while tackling countless other obstacles, is a must for anyone looking for a thrilling read. With over 100 original photos of the East African lands, native tribes, and wild animals, "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" is a true hunting classic.

BWANA BABU KWAHERI
by Joseph Greenfield
2011 Long Beach, 372pp, color photos, 6x9, hardcover, dj

Dr. Joe Greenfield, a quail-hunter-at-heart, was enticed to Africa by his longtime friend and hunting buddy, professional hunter Joey O’Bannon. What Joey couldn’t change was his quirky attitude toward becoming a big-game hunter. While Bwana Babu (Master Grandfather) eventually became very excited about hunting Cape buffalo—he even proclaimed himself to be an “Africa nut”—he never became interested in anything other than the Big Five. In fact, this enthusiastic quail hunter has killed both record-book-size hartebeest and wildebeest for lion bait, but then showed no interest in even having a picture taken to document these kills. In this regard, he is quite different from most gung-ho hunters to the Dark Continent who want their every kill measured, re-measured, and entered into competition for every “slam” imaginable.

During these safaris, Bwana Babu developed a keen insight into the workings and abilities of a number of native trackers. From his perspective, watching pointers perform is the essence of quail hunting. In a similar fashion, observing the trackers skillfully follow spoor is more exciting than the actual killing of dangerous game. Bwana Babu has developed a close friendship with a number of these individuals, especially a man named Makanyanga.

Dr. Greenfield has killed two elephants, two lions, over a dozen trophy-size Cape buffaloes, and a couple of leopards. On three occasions, his encounters with Cape buffaloes have been hair-raising, documenting their well-deserved reputation as dangerous game. All of these adventures have been meticulously (and frequently humorously) described in this expanded version of his original hunting memoirs.

Using his Holland & Holland double rifle on most of his twelve safaris, Bwana Babu recently completed his quest for the Big Five. That is quite an accomplishment for that reluctant and eccentric big-game hunter nicknamed “Master Grandfather.”

MANEATERS
by Peter Capstick

Modern man loves to be frightened, to feel the hairs rise on the back of the neck, and to this end both the press and the media have exploited an incredible variety of vampires, warlocks, ghouls, and things-that-go-bump-in-the-night. But horror—real horror—doesn’t have to be so farfetched. It’s right here in the natural world that surrounds us, waiting…. Waiting in the beautiful starry night of our own Glacier Park, waiting just off New Jersey’s sun-glazed beaches, waiting just beyond the children’s laughter in a Florida swimming hole, waiting just outside a peaceful African village. Waiting, in fact, anywhere that arrogant mankind forgets that not all creatures regard him as the supreme species! Veteran adventurer Peter Hathaway Capstick explores the wide world of maneaters—creatures who regard homo sapiens as just another meal ticket. From the jungles of Asia and South America to the African bush, and to our own supposedly civilized America, the types and varieties of maneaters are surprisingly numerous and incredibly widespread. And the danger from them is very real even today. The characters in this book are real, and the ultimate horror of being eaten alive is real. Within these pages one will meet the great cats, bears, sharks, the devil fish—piranha—crocodiles, and a host of others, including the most fearsome maneater of all—man himself. The fearsome legend of some, such as the killer whale or the American cougar, will be found to be just that—largely legend. On the other hand, our “tame” and so carefully protected alligator may not be the ideal swimming companion! Maneaters—they’re all here, the stuff of true-to-life nightmares. The facts, figures, legends, and documented events are here—all told by a master storyteller.

Ricardo Guardia Vázquez has hunted around the world and in some fascinating places. He lives in Central America and was fortunate to have hunted jaguars on numerous occasions, both in his own “backyard” and in South America. He could even be called “cat crazy,” as he has multiple hunts for ocelots, pumas, leopards, and a lion, which he has noted in his game diaries.

Karamojo Safari is the tale of Walter Bell's epic journey into Karamojo (now Uganda & Kenya) some 100 years ago when it was still completely unknown to Western man. Bell's safari lasted 14 months, and during that time he shot 180 tuskers and brought back 18,762 pounds of ivory!!! Of these, 31 tusks weighed over 100 pounds each, and the largest pair weighed in at 145 and 148 pounds!

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