Author: Chuck Wechsler
Publisher: SKYHORSE, Oct 2010
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 1-935342-11-8
Synopsis
Reads like a "Who's Who" in the history of wild sport. 40 writings of Africa's greatest hunters, explorers & conservationists such as President Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, & Peter Capstick. Features stories by the finest contemporary outdoor writers who, like their predecessors, will ultimately become legends of the hunting world. 20 Color & 40 B&W Illus; 6x9 inches, 352 pgs.
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For those who love reading spectacular tales of hunting in the wildest wilderness imaginable, this new anthology reads like a "Who's Who" in the history of wild sport. It brings together forty different writings of Africa's greatest early hunters & explorers?men like Karamojo Bell, Frederic Courteney Selous, & Samuel Baker?& later hunters & conservationists such as President Theodore Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway, & Peter Capstick.
Showcasing illustrations by Bob Kuhn, widely hailed as the world's foremost wild animal artist, along with a special full-color section featuring the greatest African wildlife paintings ever created, Sporting Classics AFRICA deserves a place in any hunter's library.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Chuck Wechsler is the publisher & editor of Sporting Classics magazine. He lives in Columbia, South Carolina.