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Old: Death in the Long Grass
New: Safari Rifles II, by Craig Boddington. May be mostly about rifles, but tons of pictures and anecdotes about African hunting as well.
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Death in the Long Grass
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Death in the Long Grass
By Capstick. THIS.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Hate to pile on but I read "Death in the Long Grass" back in the late 70s as a 12 year old. I've re read it about 6 times since, maybe every 5 years and I love it every time..
Man Eaters of Tsavo was a good read and I just finished Finn Aagaards book "Aagards Africa". A little dry but pretty good.
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KMG...Hello Marius, I will recommend 2 books.
I see many others have offered some good choices.
However, if you can get "True at First Light" by Hemingway..it is put together after his death by (I think) his son...it is a good read in my opinion.
Next up,,, "The White Rhino Hotel" by B. Bull,,,it is a good story of Africa.
Have Gun Will Travel,, The more dust on the trail- the thicker the soup.
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Thank you for the comments, gents. I am sitting with Robert Ruark's Africa and Use enough Gun at the moment. I will revisit this forum when I'm done with those two.
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Peter Capstick, and his series of old books he has revived! He has done more to show case African hunting with his books, than any other writer of recent times. They are remarkable reads! And yes, some times he spreads it a little thick, but he does a good job of it!
Read them, trust me , you will like them! Can't argue too much with that. I really liked all of PHC's books. However, two of my favorites African books are: "Horned Death" by John F. Burger and "Elephants, Ivory, and Hunters" by Tony Sanchez-Ariño BH63 BTW duckear "Nice collection".
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Gregor Woods' "Rifles for Africa" is also excellent, a treasure trove of useful, and entertaining, information.
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use enough gun is fun read
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I may have missed it; has anyone mentioned Hunter by John Hunter?
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Nychens , Month Of the Sun, great read about hunting in the Jess for elephants.
Elephant Hunters of the Lado, Robert Foran. About himself and other Phunt hunters in the Lado Enclave. He hunted with a 256, like W. D. M. Bell.
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A fascinating experimenter of bullets and cartridges on the big 5. A man ahead of his time. He had a custom 460/500 which was a 500 A2 for all practical purposes. He lathe turned his own flat nosed solids. Great book. I have a bunch but this one has always stood out.
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Not about hunting but Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow is my favorite book of all time and takes place in Africa.
West with the Night is flat out marvelous
Brian Herne's White Hunters is also at the top.
Anything by Elspeth Huxley is good too.
Horn of the Hunter is really good because you get to see Africa through the eyes of a newcomer.
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Herne's White Hunters was good. Ruark is hard to beat. Horn was great and I've re-read it a time or two. Something of Value and Uhuru were great but less about hunting.
Looks like I need to read Death in the Tall Grass now.
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Books have lost out to these internet forums.
I used to buy books, belong to book clubs and stop in the library.
Today I can read, see and hear pictures and video in detail with ease on the computer.
Also we are all 'writers' ourselves and can ask questions!
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I have read most of the books mentioned. One of my great winter pleasures is a good book which translates to hunting and usually means Africa. It's hard to get a new one from Safari Press as I have most. One that I enjoyed greatly that I haven't seen mentioned is Kambaku by Harry Manners. If you like the old ivory hunters you'll like this one. It has recently been re released by Safari Press.
Right now I'm reading Some Lions I Have Met by Gordon Cundill.
Amwell Press (long out of business sadly) put out some great African books especially their anthologies on the big 5.
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While I have read a lot of the books mentioned, there is one missing that I really enjoyed before my first trip to Africa. Not a hunting book but if you are at all interested in the History of South Africa in particular and some of the Why things are the way they are. Read "The Covenant" by James A Michener. Very worthwhile read. Matter a fact, I may have to get it out and read it again.
Take care,
Les
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MONTHS OF THE SUN: Ian Nyschens My all-time favorite African hunting book. Quite unlike most other Africa books. I'd love to own a copy, but I could buy a new rifle and scope for what they want for a used copy.  Ed
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Favorite? Without a doubt, it was Capstick's "Death in the Long Grass". That book started my quest, and ultimately got me to go to Africa, twice.  maddog While on my second Safari to the RSA, my PH had a copy of this book in his library. I had taken along a "Boddington on Buffalo" book, which I read on the way down. We traded books before I left, and I really enjoyed reading Capstick's book on the way home. IMO, Boddington is a hunter who writes, but Capstick is a writer who hunts. Big difference! donsm70
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