Author: Adams, Henry
Publisher: Delmarva Publications, Inc.
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 752

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Africa Adventures is two African Quests--Hair-Breadth Escapes and Perils In The Transvaal and Zululand. They are in one volume by Rev. Henry Cadwallader Adams, the famous story teller. Adams wrote teen novels specializing in tales of Victorian School life as well as adventures in distance regions of the Empire that became widely popular among readers of all ages. The two books presented here were originally published as two separate works. However because of the similar outline it has been combined into one volume, so as to make the reading experience more enjoyable. “Hair-Breadth Escapes” is the Adventures of Three Boys traveling on foot through South Africa in 1805. The boys learned about survival in wild country of South Africa. “Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand” is a Boys Adventures through South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal Province. It is one of the most rugged regions in the country. The region along the Indian Ocean coast is extremely wild. It is tale of survival and intrigue in one of Africa’s most rough country. Although these stories were wrote with the teenage boys in mind they are suitable to all ages. So whether you are 14 years old or 40 you will find these two adventures so griping that you will not be able to put it down. Many illustrations that were in the original printing have been added to this volume. The illustrations have been touched up and colored. The spelling of many of the outdated words and punctuation has been modernized. We have also added a linked table of contents which will take you directly to the book or chapter of your chose.

Author: Paul Belloni Du Chaillu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 558

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Author: Denis D. Lyell
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786259567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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THIS small volume contains some of the letters I have received during the last thirty years or more from well-known big-game hunters and field-naturalists, many of whom have now passed away. They were so interesting to me that I thought they might interest others who have shot in wilder Africa. Moreover, they describe conditions which are no longer possible considering the way many parts of that continent have been opened up since the Great War. Whether the spread of a so-called civilization is a good thing I do not wish to discuss, but I know there are many men, including myself, who would prefer the older times when things were less complicated and conventional. Many people are now going in for photography more than shooting, and in a way this is a good thing as it will naturally help to conserve the game. It is, however, a much less risky amusement to take animals’ pictures—I mean dangerous animals—than to try to kill them, for game such as lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard and rhinoceros are seldom dangerous until they are wounded and followed up in thick cover. Some people may doubt this statement, but it is nevertheless true, as all experienced hunters can vouch.

Author: Amanda Lumry
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545068260
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Nine-year-old Riley travels to South Africa to help his Uncle Max, a conservation biologist, track and count wild animals.

Author: Martin Dugard
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0385504527
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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What really happened to Dr. David Livingstone? The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Survivor: The Ultimate Game investigates in this thrilling account. With the utterance of a single line—“Doctor Livingstone, I presume?”—a remote meeting in the heart of Africa was transformed into one of the most famous encounters in exploration history. But the true story behind Dr. David Livingstone and journalist Henry Morton Stanley is one that has escaped telling. Into Africa is an extraordinarily researched account of a thrilling adventure—defined by alarming foolishness, intense courage, and raw human achievement. In the mid-1860s, exploration had reached a plateau. The seas and continents had been mapped, the globe circumnavigated. Yet one vexing puzzle remained unsolved: what was the source of the mighty Nile river? Aiming to settle the mystery once and for all, Great Britain called upon its legendary explorer, Dr. David Livingstone, who had spent years in Africa as a missionary. In March 1866, Livingstone steered a massive expedition into the heart of Africa. In his path lay nearly impenetrable, uncharted terrain, hostile cannibals, and deadly predators. Within weeks, the explorer had vanished without a trace. Years passed with no word. While debate raged in England over whether Livingstone could be found—or rescued—from a place as daunting as Africa, James Gordon Bennett, Jr., the brash American newspaper tycoon, hatched a plan to capitalize on the world’s fascination with the missing legend. He would send a young journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, into Africa to search for Livingstone. A drifter with great ambition, but little success to show for it, Stanley undertook his assignment with gusto, filing reports that would one day captivate readers and dominate the front page of the New York Herald. Tracing the amazing journeys of Livingstone and Stanley in alternating chapters, author Martin Dugard captures with breathtaking immediacy the perils and challenges these men faced. Woven into the narrative, Dugard tells an equally compelling story of the remarkable transformation that occurred over the course of nine years, as Stanley rose in power and prominence and Livingstone found himself alone and in mortal danger. The first book to draw on modern research and to explore the combination of adventure, politics, and larger-than-life personalities involved, Into Africa is a riveting read.

Author: Hermann Ludwig H. Pückler-Muskau (fürst von.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1082

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Author: Frederick Courtney Selous
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1602061319
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 525

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In this first-hand account from explorer Frederick Selous, first published in 1893, readers follow the true story of a trailblazing adventurer in an unknown land. Selous explored the area around the Limpopo River in what is now northern South Africa and Zimbabwe. From fending off lions and hyenas to hunting the most dangerous game Africa, Selous' safari was mythic-the very foundation of the Western world's romance with the Dark Continent. Anyone who has ever dreamed of visiting Africa will be enchanted by the real-life adventures of the man who inspired the fictional Allan Quatermain. British hunter and explorer FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS (1851-1917) was a renowned traveler and conservationist, spending much of his time charting the continent of Africa. He sent many animal trophies back to England to be displayed in museums and helped American president Teddy Roosevelt on a similar mission to supply the Smithsonian. Selous wrote a number of books about his adventures, including A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa (1881) and Sunshine & Storm in Rhodesia (1896). A hunting reserve in Tanzania now bears his name.

Author: Jon Bowermaster
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780821219072
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 199

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Discusses the wildlife photographer's friendship with Karen Blixen, the turmoil and devastation in Kenya, and the environmental decline in Africa

Author: Alzada Carlisle Kistner
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1597268321
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 263

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In June 1960, a young faculty wife named Alzada Kistner and her husband David, a promising entomologist, left their 18-month old daughter in the care of relatives and began what was to be a four month scientific expedition in the Belgian Congo. Three weeks after their arrival, the country was gripped by a violent revolution trapping the Kistners in its midst. Despite having to find their way out of numerous life-threatening situations, the Kistners were not to be dissuaded. An emergency airlift by the United States Air Force brought them to safety in Kenya where they continued their field work. Thus began three decades of adventures in science. In An Affair with Africa, Alzada Kistner describes her family's African experience -- the five expeditions they took beginning with the trip to the Belgian Congo in 1960 and ending in 1972-73 with a nine-month excursion across southern Africa. From hunching over columns of ants for hours on end while seven months pregnant to eating dinner next to Idi Amin, Kistner provides a lively and humor-filled account of the human side of scientific discovery. Her wonderfully detailed stories clearly show why, despite hardship and danger -- and contrary to all of society's expectations -- she could not forsake accompanying her husband on his expeditions, and, to this day, continues to find the world "endlessly beckoning, a lively bubbling cauldron of questions and intrigue." In the spirit of Beryl Markham's West with the Night and Isak Dinesen's Out of Africa, An Affair with Africa shares with readers the thoughts and experiences of a remarkable woman, one whose unquenchable thirst for adventure led her into a series of almost unimaginable situations. Readers -- from armchair travelers fascinated by stories of Africa to scientists familiar with the Kistners's work but unaware of the lengths to which they went to gather their data -- will find An Affair with Africa a rare treasure.

Author: Chuck Wechsler
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
ISBN: 9781935342113
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This spectacular new anthology reads like a "Who's Who" in the history of wild sport in Africa. This fascinating book brings together the writings of such legendary authors as Ernest Hemingway, Robert Ruark, Theodore Roosevelt, and Peter Capstick, in addition to some of the finest contemporary outdoor writers. What links all of these great African adventures--both fiction and nonfiction--is their appearance in Sporting Classics at one time or another over the 30-year history of the award-winning magazine. Sporting Classics Africa, edited by Chuck Weschler, will showcase more than 50 illustrations by Bob Kuhn, widely hailed as the world's foremost wild animal artist.