Best Hunting Book Authors as Writers

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20 July 2016, 03:48

MJines

Best Hunting Book Authors as Writers

The thread on Kambaku got me thinking, who are the best writers that wrote/write books on hunting in Africa, India, etc. I am focused less on subject matter and more on the ability of the author to actually write an engaging book. To start I would offer up the start of a Top Ten list:

Pondoro Taylor
Jim Corbett
Harry Manners
Fred Everett
Richard Harland
Ron Thomson
T.V. Bulpin
Sten Cedergren
Peter Capstick
Kenneth Anderson

20 July 2016, 05:37

7kongoni

Several I think were good writers:
Ian Nyschens
Bunny Allen
John Hunter
Terry Irwin

20 July 2016, 05:57

MJines

All good adds. Ian's first book was awesome, the most recent one (that his daughter helped finish) was disappointing.

20 July 2016, 09:01

NormanConquest

Well,although not his main business,Ruark had his moments as well as Hemingway.Mike I guess this strikes me as a great idea. As to my two suggestions,if you are wanting truth + not just good stories;I would recommend in the former "Horn Of The Hunter"
+ in the latter "The Green Hills Of Africa". Lest we forget...W.D.M. Bell in "Karamojo Safari".Just my 3 cents.

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21 July 2016, 00:55

katiesguns

why would anyone have capstick before ruark or hemingway he was great telling stories about someone else and taking credit doe what they did not bad I guess for a bartender

21 July 2016, 02:24

Brian Canada

This is a fun thread. I haven't heard of half of these authors. I'm going to try most of them. Thanks for the posts. Brian

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25 July 2016, 08:38

boarkiller

Mike, try ,Nikolai Bajkov Big game hunting in Manchuria
Interesting as in one episode his partner gets eaten by tiger and in another, they encounter Black Plague Hitting logging and mining camps in Manchuria in 1908

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26 July 2016, 08:46

NormanConquest

Another good one though not strictly hunting is "Jungle Man" ,the story of P.J. Praetorious. GREAT book.Should be able to find it on Amazon.

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27 July 2016, 00:45

MJines

I will have to check out Bajkov. Another good writer, only wrote one book that I know of, is Nick Tredger, From Rhodesia to Mugabe's Zimbabwe.

27 July 2016, 03:27

7kongoni

Hats off to Safari Press. Without them many of these stories would have been lost to time.