by Stewart Edward White. I enjoyed it, American pre-WWI explores and hunts in East Africa. first chapter will put you to sleep, but, it gets better!
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I'm interested if the book is still available.
Brian

It’s available several places on the net as a pdf for free. Believe amazon has it for free as well for kindle

Can be had from Abebooks for 5 to $10. He also wrote a couple other books as well

AbeBooks link to African Campfires

sold to BC3 for fifty bucks!






just kidding, lol. I will drop it in the mail BC. (good to see a list of his other books, I might get the one about "A land of tracks" or whatever it is actually titled.

I really enjoyed this book. A look into the safaris of the past from the golden age of African hunting.

The pictures really relay what life looked like in Africa way back then. I especially appreciated the photo of White's African trophy room on the inside of the beginning pages.

I must have the cheap knockoff copy; it does not have any photos. Interesting that they would "flog" their men, for sub-par performance. great study on the different tribes, how the Masai would never sell trinkets directly to tourists.

The book just arrived in the mail today. Thank you. I'm looking forward to reading it. There are a lot of interesting observations in these hunting books from the time period, whether it relates to treatment of the "hired help" or candidness in shooting performance and wounding/lost game. Different times and social norms and criteria of acceptability. I just try to keep everything in the appropriate context.
If you get a chance, take a look at Gordon Cummings' "A Hunters Life in South Africa" or T. Rooosevelt's "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman". I dare say neither of these classics would have a chance of being printed today - at least without rather heavy editing. The running down and shooting of game from horseback was quite acceptable at the time but would probably be viewed in a different light today. And there was no hesitation in slinging lead if there was even a remote chance of success.
Cheers
Brian

Thanks for the recommendations Brian. agree, you have to give some room to the hunters from bygone days. They did sling quite a bit of "hopeful" lead, it seems, that we would not try today.