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I wrote a list that included: 1. Death in Silent Places (already have Long Grass and Dark Continent) 2. Boddingtons "Elephant" book (already have and enjoy his Tracks book and DVDs and have his Elephant, Africa, Lion and Leopard DVDs) 3. Chui (Hallamore and Woods) 4. Boddington's "Where Lions Roar - Ten More Years" 5. Ivan Carter's Beasts of Legend DVD I have Taylor, TR, Kevin Robertson, Mark Sullivan books and the latest Dangerous Game Cartridges book by Pierre van der Walt. I have most of the DG DVDs out there. Anything else in this genre you suggest? Thanks NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | ||
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African Rifles by woods African Hunter II by Boddington and Flack Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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My favorite Capstick book by far is "The Last Ivory Hunter, The Saga of Wally Johnson." "If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it". Fred Bear | |||
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Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad | |||
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Any of J. A. Hunter's books. Heat, Thirst, and Ivory. Months of the Sun. The Hunting Imperative. The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. The Elephant Hunters of the Lado Enclave. African Sunsets. Out in the Midday Shade. A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. A Far From Ordinary Life. Sun Over the Dark Continent. Fragments of Africa. Tuskers in the Dust. White Hunters. Any of Ruark's Books. That should get you started!  | |||
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Africa Based books: West with the Night - Beryl MArkham Out of Africa- Blixen/Denison Speaking of Blixen... African Hunter by Bror, he tells a good story. Ivory's Ghosts - John Walker Last Ivory Hunter for sure, a really fun book to read. Other Books not in the genre but worth reading: War and Peace - If you've not read this, do so. Get the Maude translation versus the Garnett one. Autobiography of Malcolm X - Truly an amazing book that will give you a different view of him. Henderson the Rain King - Saul Bellow. Takes place mostly in Africa | |||
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Did you mean Out in the Midday Sun by Huxley? Or is it another book? | |||
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Excellent! Thank you NRA Lifer; DSC Lifer; SCI member; DRSS; AR member since November 9 2003 Don't Save the best for last, the smile for later or the "Thanks" for tomorow | |||
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No BaxterB, it is Out in the Midday Shade by William York. | |||
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The Rainer Josch videos (available from Safari Press) are great. | |||
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Very good. I'll look it up, thanks for the title and author! The Huxley book is a good one too! That and The Flame trees of Thika. | |||
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I'll check those out as well. I'm always looking for a "new" old book to read on Africa! Thanks for the heads up. | |||
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if you really want to drive your self crazy look as Susan's book shelf on the shakari connection web site. she has a dam fine collection of books listed there | |||
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Safari The White Rhino Hotel Cafe on the Nile The Devil's Oasis all by Bartle Bull The latter three are thriller/adventure novels, but the first, Safari is a necessary for any collection, IMHO. It "pulls" together the history of exploration, hunting (both commercial and sport) together as well as any African-themed book I've read. JudgeG ... just counting time 'til I am again finding balm in Gilead chilled out somewhere in the Selous. | |||
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DVDs on the Zulu wars. Either of Peter Flack's books Tales of a Trophy Hunter in Africa or Heart of an African Hunter. Yorks - African Adventures and Misadventures. | |||
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I have a very extensive library of books on Africa including most of those listed above. However, a book that I purchased recently and which is one fine book on African elephant is: "Great Tuskers of Africa". An outstanding book!  | |||
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Agreed for the most part! Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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+1,000,000,000 I have them both and they are the best hunting videos I have. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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'" Last of the few" by Sanchez-Arino is excellent | |||
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I must think different than you. My list is: Vortex 20-60x80 Razor HD spotting scope Vortex 15x56 Kaibab binoculars or a nice family weekend with great food, good fellowship and maybe some hunting thrown in. | |||
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"My Best 18 holes" by Tiger Woods was so happy when i got it and when i watched i was really disapointed it was bloody golf "Buy land they have stopped making it"- Mark Twain | |||
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 Holly shaky!!!!!!!Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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  Don't forget Horn of The Hunter by Ruark. I find that I need to reread it every couple of years. Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Good read. He is another lightweight, short barreled Lott fan. ____________________________________________ "If a man can't trust himself to carry a loaded rifle out of camp without risk of shooting somebody, then he has no business ever handling a rifle at all and should take up golf or tennis instead." John Taylor Ruger Alaskan 416 Ruger African 223 | |||
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Nice to see that some people still read ! I wonder how many of those are available fo the e-book crowd. When I was a kid in Brooklyn , before I ever was a hunter, I looked forward to the regular columns by Ruark . | |||
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No African library is complete without 'Mahohboh'! ~Ann  | |||
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I liked these books very much. Aagaard's Africa by Finn Aagaard Aagaard's African Adventures by Finn Aagaard And this was a real surprise I only tried because I was familiar with his book, Indian Hunts and Hunters. I read a lot of the books already listed and I would put this up against the best of them: Under The African Sun - Forty-Eight Years of Hunting The African Continent by Dr. Frank C. Hibben . | |||
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Months of the Sun, after you hunt elephants, you really enjoy reading that book. | |||
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Pondoro Last of the Ivory Hunters. Mike | |||
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Under a Hunters Moon, Nino Burrelli. Absolute BEST! Merry Christmas everyone! | |||
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Hi Brett, I got a laugh out of you're pointing out that Fred Everett MIGHT be a bit of a BSer and by omission, the others ARE NOT! Anyway, it was funny to me but that's just my sense of humor I guess. I actually like HT&I pretty well. Just a point of fact, Heat, Thirst, & Ivory is Everett's story up to about age 17 IIRC and Tuskers in the Dust is the follow up to about age 25. I liked them both but it's been awhile since I read them. My favorite of all from this list is Months of the Sun. If you've hunted the Zambezie, that's where much of the book is set. | |||
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Get an Amazon Kindle, and you can download many old African hunting and exploration books for free. I love reading old books, and have several pages - 100s of books on my Kindle. Some I have boaght, and some are free. It really is wonderful to have all the books you want in such a small package. Don't forget to get a small book reading light - Amazon sells one specially made for the Kindle. As you will need it at night if you have no light to read with. | |||
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Very true! I have Months of the Sun, but have yet to read it. I hear it's quite good. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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For use on a tripod mostly, going to start concentrating on mule deer, and South Dakota has some wide open places out on the prairie. They really are not that bad hand held from my limited time checking them out. | |||
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