Am recovering from patellar tendon rupture repair surgery. Injured fighting woke, drag queen, liberals and Russian mercenaries... Not really, slipped while training/walking a dog.

Anyway, would appreciate your suggestions for some books to read - Africa related or not.

I know this is a studious and enlightened crowd that is well read in all topics. So, I am open to your suggestions.

Thanks....

Check out Ian Frazier. One on Siberia and another on the Great Plains. Buddy Levy's Empire of Stone and Ice is also good. He has a few other interesting titles.

The man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag

And forgot to mention my all time non fiction favorite by John Vaillant- The Tiger- A True Story of Vengeance and Survival. Fantastic read.

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin

"Trails Of A Wilderness Wanderer", by Andy Russell

"Scouting On Two Continents"
"Taking Chances", both by Frederick Russell Burnham

In the salt by Lou Hallamore is one of the best books I've read lately.

The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell

A profound review of the definition of and search for "Justice"

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

Fast recovery and good hunting,

I am reading the MANEATERS OF TSAVO right now sitting on a sunny beach in the Maldives.

Have literally thousands of all sorts of books on my Kindle app.

My Kindle account is shared by many friends in Africa.

And all have different interests.

Wish you get well soon.

Playboy

Mawson's Will by Leonard Bickel

I really enjoyed “The Shangaan Song” by David Hulme. I’ve read it twice.

How you recover promptly.

The Wright Brothers by McCullough.

Earth Abides

1949 by George Stewart

I read it in college and twice more since.

Great book on survival.

The Frontiersmen - Allen W. Eckert is my all-time favoirte. Worth a look if you like historic novels and the pre-colonial time in the US.

https://www.amazon.com/Frontie...a-569821107111&psc=1

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Playboy

A practical suggestion…
Well, in all fairness you did say laid up.
Was that a double entendre?

I would suggest Craig Boddington pretty good writer

Franklin and Winston by Jon Meacham would be another.

One book I consider a hunters bible that I know you would like because your a hunter and a gun crank is:

African Dangerous Game by
Pierre van der Walt

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Playboy

Jesus mate is that even still around?

Beside the dog eared copies you have in camp

I am currently rereading Horn of the Hunter. It is every bit as good as the first read.

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I know this is a studious and enlightened crowd that is well read in all topics. So, I am open to your suggestions.

Ross, are you sure you're on the right forum? :-)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Along the Hunter's Path - Kai Uwe Denker
From the Congo Basin to the Highlands of Ethiopia - Steve Christenson
Meditations on Hunting - Ortega y Gasset
A Hunter's Heart - David Petersen
The Old Man and the Boy - Robert Ruark
King Leopold's Ghost - Adam Hochschild

Hope you have a quick recovery!

Absolutely anthing written by Jack O'Connor.

Absolutely anything written by Jack O'Connor.

Hell I Was There by Elmer Keith, good story about his interesting life and the hardships he faced during it.

MAWSON’s WILL BY Mawson.

The most remarkable survival story ever told!

"Last of the Breed" by Louis L'Amour

Always take it with me on mountain hunts. No matter how bad you're having it Joe Mack had it worse.

A Special Vslor. Great book, couldn’t put it down. Author is Richard Wheeler

William Manchester’s epic three volume biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion.

Get well soon.

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I really enjoyed “The Shangaan Song” by David Hulme. I’ve read it twice.

+1

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Old AR hunt reports !


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Not a hunting themed book, however a very interesting read.

The River of Doubt by Candice Millard

Theodore Roosevelt's exploration of an uncharted tributary of the Amazon River.

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"Last of the Breed" by Louis L'Amour

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I know this is a studious and enlightened crowd that is well read in all topics. So, I am open to your suggestions.

Ross, are you sure you're on the right forum? :-)

With your additions, yes, I am on the right forum.
Am starting PT today. Am hoping for a stunning 25 year old red head with soft hands……

Likely not, but can dream…

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Originally posted by dogcat: With your additions, yes, I am on the right forum.
Am starting PT today. Am hoping for a stunning 25 year old red head with soft hands……

Likely not, but can dream…

Ross, best of luck with your rehab! I am sure your 25 year old he/him/his, or she/her/hers, or they/them/their will be great!

The Lion And The Fox: Two Rival Spies and the Secret Plot to Build a Confederate Navy by Alexander Rose

Empire of the Summer Moon
(Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Commanches, the Most Powerful Tribe in American History), by S.C. Gwynne

Killers of the Flower Moon is also good. About the murders of my people the Osages because of oil money. Will be a movie this October.