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Title: Death in the Dark Continent by Peter H. Capstick ISBN: 0-312-18615-0 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 1983 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Capsticks as good as ever.
Comment: If you havent read Capstick, you are missing out on a treat. Not only are his stories, graphic, exciting and compelling, his style of writing is nothing short of superb. Genuinly exciting, and often laugh out loud funny, all of his books are fantastic. When talking about the turn of the century past-time of "galloping lions" (described as "dangerous as typhoid") he writes:" THe elements recquired for the monotony breaking past time were a fast horse, a good rifle, a few lions and not much concern about the future".
Not for the faint of heart, there is a number of gory stories about the fatal encouters that people have, and some well placed warnings about taking any dangerous animal lightly.
A lot like his first book, "death in the long grass" Capstick writes about individual animals- with a chapter on the "big five", Buffalo, Rhino, Elephant, Leopard ( the best chapter in the book- beatifully written) and Lion. As before he relates his own experinces, plus encouters as described by his friends.
I would recommend Death in the LOng Grass as a first Capstick book, but this is still most highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: Death in the Dark Continent - The BIG 5
Comment: Peter Capstick once again gives his readers what they want. This book is full of hair raising stories of hunteres and the hunted.
Read how Capstick's tracker is nearly gored by a rhino, actually holding onto the horn to save himself.
See how a cape buffalo in a bad mood can turn a man into something even a big city coroner will never forget.
Discover why smoking may be good for your health, if you track wounded leopards into the long grass at night.
The BIG 5 are considered the most dangerous animals on the continent of Africa for good reason. Capstick will be more than happy to fill you in on the reasons, and leave no doubt that they are all dangerous and deadly.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll read it on the edge of your seat!
Comment: Death in the Dark Continent, is Capstick at his best. For the sportsman, it provides valuable information on hunting Africa's "Big Five". For the armchair adventurer, it is an instant portal to the hair-raising realm of primal experience. The chapter on Cape Buffalo is literary gold! Capstick is a master at keeping the reader engaged, intrigued, and simply captivated. If you love the thrill of the hunt, told in the most descriptive language imaginable, then Death in the Dark Continent is a must read.
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Title: Death in the Silent Places by Peter H. Capstick ISBN: 0312186185 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 May, 1981 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Death in the Long Grass by Peter H. Capstick ISBN: 0312186134 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1978 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Death in a Lonely Land : More Hunting, Fishing, and Shooting on Five Continents by Peter H. Capstick, Dino Paravano ISBN: 0312038100 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The African Adventurers : A Return to the Silent Places by Peter H. Capstick ISBN: 0312076223 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 June, 1992 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: The Man-Eaters Of Tsavo by J. H. Patterson, Peter H. Capstick ISBN: 0312510101 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1985 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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