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As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capstick'sDeath in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view Africa through the eyes of one of the most renowned professional hunters. Few men can say they have known Africa as Capstick has known it--leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. And of the few who have known this dangerous way of life, fewer still can recount their adventures with the flair of this former professional hunter-turned-writer. Based on Capstick's own experiences and the personal accounts of his colleagues,Death in the Long Grass portrays the great killers of the African bush--not only the lion, leopard, and elephant, but the primitive rhino and the crocodile waiting for its unsuspecting prey, the titanic hippo and the Cape buffalo charging like an express train out of control. Capstick was a born raconteur whose colorful descriptions and eye for exciting, authentic detail bring us face to face with some of the most ferocious killers in the world--underrated killers like the surprisingly brave and cunning hyena, silent killers such as the lightning-fast black mamba snake, collective killers like the wild dog. Readers can lean back in a chair, sip a tall, iced drink, and revel in the kinds of hunting stories Hemingway and Ruark used to hear in hotel bars from Nairobi to Johannesburg, as veteran hunters would tell of what they heard beyond the campfire and saw through the sights of an express rifle.… (meer)
I imagine the author's stories come across better in person. The best of them can be amusing and impressive. Too often, though, the heavy fictionalization feels insulting. ( )
Because Rich said this was more about Africa than many of the Kilimanjaro books we've read recently, I started this. Capstick starts with a justification about big-game hunting and he lost me with it. You can't equate hunting elephants with hunting white-tailed deer because deer aren't endangered. Plus you eat the deer. I can't read it holding my nose as I can just read Hemingway, because even Hemingway knew the animal populations were plummeting and Capstick is 40 years later on and also not Hemingway.
The first book in my series of African safari literature, this book is a must read for any adventurist or lover of exciting outdoor brushes with death. This book tells the story hunting tracking rescuing lost adventures and herd control of the largest game reserve in the world. When the adventures and explorers need expert guidance and advice they called Peter Hathaway Capstick. He can take you to the African bush with his detailed writing. I will deffently use his descriptions in my geography calsses. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim." -- Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, March 15, 1910
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
To the memory of my good friend Dean Witter, Jr., who had to leave early.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
It is nearly three o'clock in the sweltering morning of September 2, 1974.
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Laatste woorden
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
"Well," he mused laconically, "that's bloody Africa for you. Everything bites."
As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Peter Hathaway Capstick'sDeath in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view Africa through the eyes of one of the most renowned professional hunters. Few men can say they have known Africa as Capstick has known it--leading safaris through lion country; tracking man-eating leopards along tangled jungle paths; running for cover as fear-maddened elephants stampede in all directions. And of the few who have known this dangerous way of life, fewer still can recount their adventures with the flair of this former professional hunter-turned-writer. Based on Capstick's own experiences and the personal accounts of his colleagues,Death in the Long Grass portrays the great killers of the African bush--not only the lion, leopard, and elephant, but the primitive rhino and the crocodile waiting for its unsuspecting prey, the titanic hippo and the Cape buffalo charging like an express train out of control. Capstick was a born raconteur whose colorful descriptions and eye for exciting, authentic detail bring us face to face with some of the most ferocious killers in the world--underrated killers like the surprisingly brave and cunning hyena, silent killers such as the lightning-fast black mamba snake, collective killers like the wild dog. Readers can lean back in a chair, sip a tall, iced drink, and revel in the kinds of hunting stories Hemingway and Ruark used to hear in hotel bars from Nairobi to Johannesburg, as veteran hunters would tell of what they heard beyond the campfire and saw through the sights of an express rifle.
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