04 October 2006, 07:55
Pauly3511Best lion book
Im trying to start my books of africa collection, or at least make it bigger. What is the best African Lion book, preferrable a hunting aspect.
22 October 2006, 21:07
fla3006I like "The Book Of The Lion" by Sir Alfred Pease.
23 October 2006, 03:31
billrquimbyNo collection would be complete without Patterson's book on the lions of Tsavo.
23 October 2006, 08:41
DPhillipsCAT! published by Amwell Press. Compilation of the large game feline hunts by folks like Frederick Selous, Teddy Roosevelt, Zane Grey, Jim Corbett, Grancel Fritz, Ted Trueblood, Jack O'Connor, Col. J.H. Patterson, Bob Brister, Warren Page, and many, many others. All told 52 hunting tales by world reknowned hunters and writers. Compiled by Robert Kuhn and Jim Rihkof.
618 pages worth of CAT hunting tales.
Also, another Rikhoff book from Amwell Press, "Hunting the African Lion". Both are very good, out of print, hard to find and on the spendy side.
24 October 2006, 09:17
billrquimbyFor informative natural history text and great art, I can recommend two:
"Cats of Africa" by Anthony Hall with art by Paul Bosman, and artist Guy Coheleach's self-published book on man-eating lions. (I have a copy, but can't find it and have forgotten the title.)
Bill Quimby
26 October 2006, 23:17
billrquimbyPeter Capstick's Death In The Long Grass has some sensational stuff about man-eating lions, and most (if not all) of it is true.
Bill Quimby