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White hunters : the golden age of African safaris

Title
White hunters : the golden age of African safaris / Brian Herne.
Author
Herne, Brian.
Publication
New York : H. Holt, 1999.

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Description
x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
The author tells of eighty years of safaris in Africa, evoking "the harmony that once existed between hunters and such magnificent animals as elephant, lion, leopard, buffalo, and rhino--the big five--that roamed the high plateaus of East Africa in large numbers before poaching and politics intervened. Beyond the glamour of hunting safaris, the author shows the intricate connection between hunting and conservation and provides evidence that elephant and rhino populations are beginning to rebound after years of devastation."--Jacket.
Subject
  • Hunters > Africa > Biography
  • Big game hunting > Africa
  • Big game hunting
  • Hunters
  • Großwildjagd
  • Safari
  • Geschichte
  • Jacht
  • Safari
  • Hunting > Africa > Biography
  • Big game animals
  • Africa
  • Afrika
Genre/Form
  • collective biographies.
  • Biographies.
Note
  • "A John Macrae book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-440) and index.
Contents
1. First White Hunters -- 2. Nairobi, Wild West Town -- 3. Hunter on the Lunatic Express -- 4. Flash Jack and the King -- 5. Yankees on Safari -- 6. Hunter's Hunter -- 7. Funga Safari! -- 8. Element of Style -- 9. White Hunter Called Black -- 10. Short Mysterious Life of Fritz Schindelar -- 11. War Clouds on the Equator -- 12. Frontiersman in Africa -- 13. Honorable Bedar -- 14. Baron of the Bundu -- 15. Royal Safaris -- 16. Trailblazers of the Twenties -- 17. Syd Downey and the Masai Mara -- 18. Wardens, Lions, and Snakes -- 19. Wartime Alliance -- 20. Safariland -- 21. On Safari Again -- 22. Heroes of the Silver Screen -- 23. Lunan's White Hunters -- 24. Tanganyika Hunters -- 25. Moth and the Flame -- 26. Clary's World Record -- 27. Enemy Within -- 28. Hassans of Mombasa -- 29. African Odyssey -- 30. Message of Mau Mau -- 31. Hearts of Darkness -- 32. Bamboo Badlands -- 33. Out of the Forest, Into the Bush -- 34. Maharajah of Mayhem -- 35. Tale of Two Hunters -- 36. Wanderings of an Officer and a Gentleman -- 37. King of the Catchers -- 38. Deadly Lion Hunt -- 39. Knife Fight with a Leopard -- 40. Big Six -- 41. Date with Destiny -- 42. Prince of Pranksters -- 43. Keeper of the Flame -- 44. Pelizzoli's Promised Land -- 45. Uganda, Pearl of Africa -- 46. Company of Adventurers -- 47. Have Gun Will Travel -- 48. Emperor and the Prince -- 49. Onward Passages -- Epilogue: A Race Against Time.
ISBN
  • 0805059199
  • 9780805059199
LCCN
98046157
OCLC
  • ocm39985621
  • 39985621
  • SCSB-798318
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library