The Ghost and the Darkness. I had read the book years before, written by the man who killed the lions. When the movie came out, a boring railroad engineer who had to face down man-eating lions was not exciting enough, so they tossed in a fictional Yankee character named Winchester to steal most of the glory.
****The Ghost and the Darkness. I had read the book years before,***
THE MANEATERS OF TSALVO. I read it many times. the movie is very much like the book except for the addition of the Michael Douglas character, and the lions were maneless males.
This part takes up just several chapters in the book, the rest is mostly about building the railroad, and hunting.