Big Game Hunter: A Biography of Frederick Courtney Selous - Norman Etherington

Big Game Hunter: A Biography of Frederick Courtney Selous

Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2016
Robert Hale Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7198-0828-9 (ISBN)
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This book tells the story of an adventurer, hunter and naturalist in late nineteenth-century Africa, who would inspire novelists such as Rider Haggard and Wilbur Smith. The book describes Selous' extraordinary adventures, which included elephant-hunting, diamond-prospecting and an early expedition to found Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
'He led a singularly adventurous and fascinating life, with just the right alternations between the wilderness and civilization.' Teddy Roosevelt, 1917 This book tells the story of an adventurer, hunter and naturalist in late nineteenth-century Africa, who would inspire novelists such as Rider Haggard and Wilbur Smith. The book describes Selous' extraordinary adventures, which included elephant-hunting, diamond-prospecting and an early expedition to found Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in the European scramble for Africa. The book also examines Selous' relationships with other influential people of the time, including Robert Baden-Powell, Frederick Russell Burnham, Cecil Rhodes, King Lobengula of the Ndebele, and American President Teddy Roosevelt. In Big Game Hunter Norman Etherington paints a skilful portrait of a complex man who started as an elephant hunter but who eventually founded some of the first game reserves in Africa and was acclaimed by both the National History Museum and the Royal Geographical Society for his collections and discoveries. Selous, who was killed by a German sniper bullet in Tanganyika in the First World War, was one of the world's great adventurers.

Norman Etherington is Professor of History at the University of Western Australia and a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Geographical Society. A Past-President of the Australian Historical Association, he is the author of more than a hundred scholarly articles and book chapters.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.6.2016
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Angeln / Jagd
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Reisen Reiseberichte
ISBN-10 0-7198-0828-6 / 0719808286
ISBN-13 978-0-7198-0828-9 / 9780719808289
Zustand Neuware
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