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To: Berlin_Freeper
The Capstick books I have are : Death in The Silent Places, Death in a Lonely Land, Death in the Dark Continent, Death in the Long Grass, Africa - a Return to the Long Grass, and The African Adventurers.

While Ruark and Capstick are more or less contemporary, Corbett, Selous and the other giants lived in another era entirely, a time when simply traveling in Africa was a great adventure, but throw in the epic hunts and they become what nearly every boy dreamed of becoming when I first read them.

Enjoy your read, I'm sure it will lead to more.

40 posted on 01/12/2016 3:07:51 PM PST by diogenes ghost
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To: diogenes ghost

In the 80s I shot a lot of NRA competitions and at some matches they would give out NRA points instead of trophies or ammo or whatever. I had quite a pile of them and no need for a coffee cup or cap so I started buying the books you listed as they were reprinted. I think I have every one you mentioned plus quite a few more, mainly old 1800s books by African hunters and explorers.

When Hollywood made The Ghost and the Darkness, I looked forward to seeing Patterson’s adventure on film. Wrong. They had to throw in an imaginary American and left out some of the most exciting events that actually did happen in real life.


41 posted on 01/12/2016 5:00:30 PM PST by eartrumpet
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