So my wife and kids asked what I want for Christmas ...

17 December 2011, 03:50

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

17 December 2011, 03:59

Blacktailer

African Rifles by woods
African Hunter II by Boddington and Flack

17 December 2011, 04:02

Dog Man

My favorite Capstick book by far is "The Last Ivory Hunter, The Saga of Wally Johnson."

17 December 2011, 04:07

pattersonj11

Heart of Darkness-Joseph Conrad

17 December 2011, 04:15

Todd Williams

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!

17 December 2011, 04:24

BaxterB

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

17 December 2011, 04:26

BaxterB

quote:
Out in the Midday Shade.

Did you mean Out in the Midday Sun by Huxley? Or is it another book?

17 December 2011, 04:41

CCMDoc

Excellent!
Thank you

17 December 2011, 05:34

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
quote:
Out in the Midday Shade.

Did you mean Out in the Midday Sun by Huxley? Or is it another book?

No BaxterB, it is Out in the Midday Shade by William York.

17 December 2011, 06:34

sandyhunter

The Rainer Josch videos (available from Safari Press) are great.

17 December 2011, 07:14

BaxterB

quote:
No BaxterB, it is Out in the Midday Shade by William York.

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.

17 December 2011, 07:46

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by BaxterB:
quote:
No BaxterB, it is Out in the Midday Shade by William York.

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.

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.

17 December 2011, 17:09

ddrhook

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

17 December 2011, 18:10

JudgeG

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.

17 December 2011, 18:17

Die Ou Jagter

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.

17 December 2011, 19:20

Use Enough Gun

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!

17 December 2011, 19:21

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
Any of J. A. Hunter's books. +1
Heat, Thirst, and Ivory. (Way over rated and I have a feeling the guy is a bit of a BSer.)
Months of the Sun.
The Hunting Imperative. +1,000,000
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. +1
The Elephant Hunters of the Lado Enclave. +1
African Sunsets.
Out in the Midday Shade. +1
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. +1
A Far From Ordinary Life.
Sun Over the Dark Continent.
Fragments of Africa.
Tuskers in the Dust.
White Hunters. +1
Any of Ruark's Books. +1

That should get you started!

Agreed for the most part!

Brett

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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

17 December 2011, 19:24

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by sandyhunter:
The Rainer Josch videos (available from Safari Press) are great.

+1,000,000,000

I have them both and they are the best hunting videos I have.

Brett

17 December 2011, 19:57

kld

'" Last of the few" by Sanchez-Arino is excellent

17 December 2011, 20:12

SDhunter

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.

17 December 2011, 20:15

375 fanatic

"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

17 December 2011, 20:42

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by SDhunter:
Vortex 15x56 Kaibab binoculars

Holly shaky!!!!!!!

Brett

17 December 2011, 21:17

Blacktailer

quote:
Originally posted by 375 fanatic:
"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

Don't forget Horn of The Hunter by Ruark. I find that I need to reread it every couple of years.

17 December 2011, 21:50

Hizzie

quote:
Originally posted by Blacktailer:
African Rifles by woods +1
African Hunter II by Boddington and Flack

Good read. He is another lightweight, short barreled Lott fan.

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18 December 2011, 03:28

mete

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 .

18 December 2011, 04:34

Aspen Hill Adventures

No African library is complete without 'Mahohboh'!

18 December 2011, 05:00

Grenadier

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

18 December 2011, 06:27

RBHunt

Months of the Sun, after you hunt elephants, you really enjoy reading that book.

18 December 2011, 08:17

retreever

Pondoro Last of the Ivory Hunters.

Mike

18 December 2011, 09:00

lal

Under a Hunters Moon, Nino Burrelli. Absolute BEST!

Merry Christmas everyone!

18 December 2011, 09:07

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by Brett Adam Barringer:
quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
Any of J. A. Hunter's books. +1
Heat, Thirst, and Ivory. (Way over rated and I have a feeling the guy is a bit of a BSer.)
Months of the Sun.
The Hunting Imperative. +1,000,000
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. +1
The Elephant Hunters of the Lado Enclave. +1
African Sunsets.
Out in the Midday Shade. +1
A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. +1
A Far From Ordinary Life.
Sun Over the Dark Continent.
Fragments of Africa.
Tuskers in the Dust.
White Hunters. +1
Any of Ruark's Books. +1

That should get you started!

Agreed for the most part!

Brett

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.

19 December 2011, 08:34

Saeed

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.

20 December 2011, 04:39

BrettAKSCI

quote:
Originally posted by Todd Williams:
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!

Very true! I have Months of the Sun, but have yet to read it. I hear it's quite good.

Brett

20 December 2011, 17:45

SDhunter

quote:
quote:
Originally posted by SDhunter:
Vortex 15x56 Kaibab binoculars

Holly shaky!!!!!!!

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.