[ExSoldier]

Ever read the series of books by David Hathaway Capstick that detail the adventures of those early predecessors of himself? Capstick was the LAST of the Great White Hunters. I think the Clint Eastwood movie "White Hunter Black Heart" was loosely based on him. The movie with Michael Douglas The Ghost and the Darkness is definitely based on his writing. There were some dramatic titles: Death in the Silent Places. Death in the Long Grass. But he had a wonderful writing style and a dry ascerbic wit.

[Tijeras_Slim]

My stepfather had the pleasure of knowing Peter Capstick as well as Robert Ruark. I've read almost all of Capsticks's work, and you are right about his style. He was apparently just as funny, if not more so in person.