Brian Herne's White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris is the story of seventy years of African adventure, danger, and romance. East Africa affects our imagination like few other places: the sight of a charging rhino goes directly to the heart; the limitless landscape of bony highlands, desert, and mountain is, as Isak Dinesen wrote, of "unequalled nobility." White Hunters re-creates the legendary big-game safaris led by Selous and Bell and the daring ventures of early hunters into unexplored territories, and brings to life such romantic figures as Cape-to-Cairo Grogan, who walked 4,000 miles for the love of a woman, and Dinesen's dashing lover, Denys Finch. Witnesses to the richest wildlife spectacle on the earth, these hunters were the first conservationists. Hard-drinking, infatuated with risk, and careless in love, they inspired Hemingway's stories and movies with Clark Gable and Gregory Peck.
White Hunters: The Golden Age of African Safaris
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Author: Herne, Brian
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 9780805067361
Details:
Author: Herne, Brian
Brand: Holt Paperbacks
Color: Other
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 480
Release Date: 01-06-2001
Part Number: 61 b&w illustrations, 2 maps
Package Dimensions: 8.0 x 5.4 x 1.0 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780805067361
