Looking for something new to read about safari's read White Hunters all of Capsticks stuff anybody have a good suggestion.

drew

Read, Maneaters of the Kamoan... Jim Corbett hunting the cats of India...

Or Taylor's, Maneaters and Marauders

Mike

I'm on kind of a crusade for a good book as well, would you say Will's book is in the big league or small fry? Seriously does Will's book offer something for the table or just the same-o same-o?

Hunter by JA Hunter
Pondoro by John Taylor
Last Of The Few by Tony Sanchez-Arino
Enjoy,
Dave

Will's book is a very good read and a nice mix of adventure and technical info. It's pricy as smallish books go but well worth it...and, heck, he'll even autograph it for you.

I halfway through my second read of the book and it's just as good as the first time I read it.

This is an excellent read.

The Winds of Havoc: A Memoir Of Adventure And Destruction In Deepest Africa
by Adelino Serras Pires

Try "A Pioneering Hunter"(Brian Marsh:Safari Press)
"Kambaku"(Harry Manners:Rowland Ward)

As they say "Just read it -- you'l like it" seriously -- good reading
G

Horn of the Hunter, by Robert Ruark.A Carolina bird hunter learns of rifles and cartridges for Africa and makes a ledgend out of a young African PH.One of the very best.


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One of my favorites - no make that my favorite from the latter day classic period of safari in the 60's to 70's period is Brian Marsh's "Barron in Africa". The semi-biography of Warner Von Alvensleben of Safarilandia Mozambique. Ole Warner was quite a guy and the book would have been a much better Redford vehicle than "Out of Africa"! A real page turner with non-stop truelife adventure.

Bartle Bull's book - "A Chronicle of Safari".

Also, in the Books forum, the early posts from a few years ago list a bunch of very good books - I have been using that as my list to pick from.

Did somebody read Memories of a Vagabound hunter by Sten Cerdegren .Juan

Just received "Under the African Sun" by Dr. Frank Hibben. Into the 4th chapter and it is quite good, he is the oldest living Weatheby award winner.

"Heart of an African Hunter" by Peter Flack.

I will second both of these suggestions. Excellent reads.

Hunter, JA Hunter
Horn of the Hunter, Robert Ruark

Try:
Kenneth Anderson - "Maneaters and Jungle Killers", Nine Maneaters and One Rogue", "Jungles Long Ago", "The Tiger Roars" mostly India cat hunting

Anything by Burger, Corbett and when you say Capstick hope that includes his Reprint Library which were all greats!

Another group you might try is "Mambas and Maneaters" by CJP Ionides, "Snake Man" by Wilkes and "Life with Ionides" by Margret Lane - Not as much hunting but great general African story telling.

Planning on hunting elephant and Will's book is a must read...It will help you with all your DG hunting..

I read it and look what I got in my photo!!!
An elephant of a lifetime...

Mike

Africas Most Dangerous by Kevin Robertson

Horned Death by John Burger
anything by J.A. Hunter
anything by Jim Corbett
Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter W.D.M Bell
Karamojo Safari W.D.M. Bell
Elephant Hunting in East Equatorial Africa by Arthur Neumann
Maneaters and Marauders by John Taylor

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Originally posted by aturner:
Looking for something new to read about safari's read White Hunters all of Capsticks stuff anybody have a good suggestion.

drew

If you scroll down the forums, and look at the Book Forum, you will find many recommendations.

thank you gentlemen for all the suggestions.

drew

I´ve read quite a few of the abovementioned and thay are all worth a good read.

A while back I bought a book by Mark. C Ross "Dangerous Beauty" and even though it doesn´t concern hunting it´s quite a read.

I bough it by mistake as I thought it was about hunting