The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter - Primary Source Edition

The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter - Primary Source Edition
Author: Former Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern Literature James Sutherland
Publisher: Nabu Press
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2014-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781294642275

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The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter

The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
Author: W.D.M. Bell
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2016-01-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

In The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, legendary hunter W.D.M. Bell takes readers on a thrilling journey through the African wilderness. With vivid descriptions and captivating anecdotes, Bell shares his encounters with majestic elephants, dangerous predators, and the challenges of survival in the untamed landscape. This compelling narrative offers a glimpse into a bygone era of exploration and the complex relationship between humans and the natural world.

Incidents from an Elephant Hunter's Diary

Incidents from an Elephant Hunter's Diary
Author: W. D.M. Bell
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1493079123

Once again the legendary Karamojo Bell marches through the wilds of Africa-traversing a land virtually untouched by modern civilization in search of adventure and ivory. The Africa Bell knew is now long gone and seemingly very far away, but, in reality, his travels took place only about a century ago. Join us as Bell takes us to a land with vast herds of wildlife living in rough equilibrium with the native human populations. Through his earlier books Bell gained the reputation for being an excellent marksman who shot small-caliber guns at giant elephants with deadly precision. Bell was best known for his exploits in Karamoja, in what is now largely Uganda, and in these newly unearthed short stories, we again find him in familiar terrain and with his faithful retinue of trackers and camp followers. We also find Bell in unfamiliar terrain. Travel with Bell to the French Congo where he encounters a man-eating leopard, and go along with him to West Africa when he ventures into the rain forest with the Pygmies to test his luck against elephants in dense vegetation. Then there are some wonderfully descriptive stories of an elephant camp and its social life, crocodiles that menace a village, several hunts for elephants on islands in the Ubangi River (not for the faint of heart!), and a trip from Kano to Khartoum via motor car.

The empire of nature

The empire of nature
Author: John M. MacKenzie
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1526119587

This study assesses the significance of the hunting cult as a major element of the imperial experience in Africa and Asia. Through a study of the game laws and the beginnings of conservation in the 19th and early-20th centuries, the author demonstrates the racial inequalities which existed between Europeans and indigenous hunters. Africans were denied access to game, and the development of game reserves and national parks accelerated this process. Indigenous hunters in Africa and India were turned into "poachers" and only Europeans were permitted to hunt. In India, the hunting of animals became the chief recreation of military officers and civilian officials, a source of display and symbolic dominance of the environment. Imperial hunting fed the natural history craze of the day, and many hunters collected trophies and specimens for private and public collections as well as contributing to hunting literature. Adopting a radical approach to issues of conservation, this book links the hunting cult in Africa and India to the development of conservation, and consolidates widely-scattered material on the importance of hunting to the economics and nutrition of African societies.

The Farther Frontier

The Farther Frontier
Author: Lysle E. Meyer
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1992
Genre: Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN: 9780945636199

A surprising number of Americans were involved with the so-called Dark Continent during the period when Western penetration led to conquest and colonial rule. The six Americans discussed are: Thomas Jefferson Bowen, who established the first American mission posts in Yorubaland; writer-explorer Paul du Chaillu; soldier-explorer Charles Chaille-Long; diplomat Henry Shelton Sanford; mining engineer John Hays Hammond; and taxidermist Carl Akeley. Illustrated.

Gun Digest, 1988

Gun Digest, 1988
Author: Ken Warner
Publisher: DBI Books
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1987-07
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780873490108