The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places Hardcover - 1992
by Peter Hathaway Capstick
The author of Sands of Silence presents the long-awaited sequel to his classic Death in the Silent Places: spine-crawling sagas of four legendary African big-game hunters. These thrilling vintage tales recount the exploits of Frederick Selous, Constantine Ionides, Johnny Boyes, and Jim Sutherland.
From the rear cover
Peter Capstick has been hailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark. Only Capstick "can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors" (Sports Illustrated). This long-awaited sequel to Death in the Silent Places (1981) brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved. Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and soldier, rewrote the history books with his fearless treks deep into the Dark Continent. English game ranger Constantine "Iodine" Ionides saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards. He also gained lasting fame for his uncanny ability to capture black mambas, cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other deadly snakes. The dashing Brit Johnny Boyes who gained the chieftainship of the Kikuyu tribe with sheer bravado and survived the ferocious battles and ambushes of intertribal warfare. And Scottish ex-boxer, Jim Sutherland, one of the best ivory hunters who ever lived. His tracking skills and stamina afoot became the stuff of African hunting legend. If you are a Capstick fan, you'll relish The African Adventurers, his eleventh book. Once again he delivers "the kind of chilling stories that Hemingway only heard second-hand...with a flair and style that Papa himself would admire" (Guns & Ammo). The author's pungent wit and his authenticity gained from years in the bush make this quartet of vintage heroics an unforgettable return to the silent places.
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- Title The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places
- Author Peter Hathaway Capstick
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher St. Martins Press-3PL, New York
- Date 1992-06-15
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780312076221 / 0312076223
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.11 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Library of Congress subjects Adventure and adventurers - Africa, Big game hunting - Africa
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92003450
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Library Journal, 06/15/1992, Page 0
- Publishers Weekly, 06/01/1992, Page 0
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