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Death in the Dark Continent
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Death in the Dark Continent Hardback - 1983

by Peter Hathaway Capstick

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Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the world's most dangerous big-game animals.

After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent--lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.

The classic big-game animals are unmatched as a test of a hunter's skill and courage. With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase. The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.

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  • Title Death in the Dark Continent
  • Author Peter Hathaway Capstick
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher St. Martin's Press, New York
  • Publication date 1983-05
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780312186159 / 0312186150
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.53 x 6.37 x 0.93 in (24.21 x 16.18 x 2.36 cm)
  • Category Sports & Recreation
  • Library of Congress subjects Big game hunting - Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 83003111
  • Dewey Decimal Code 799.260

About the author

Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940-1996), a former Wall Street stockbroker turned professional adventurer, was critically acclaimed as the successor to Hemingway and Ruark in African hunting literature. After giving up his career, the New Jersey native hunted in Central and South America before going to Africa in 1968, where he held professional hunting licenses in Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Capstick also served in that most perilous of trades--Elephant and Buffalo Cropping Officer. In addition to writing about hunting, he was also featured in an award-winning safari video and audio tapes.

Captstick settled in Pretoria, South Africa with his wife Fiona until his death at age 56.

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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Later printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 238 pp. Later printing. Critically acclaimed master of adventure writing, former professional hunter Peter Capstick takes the reader back to Africa to encounter the most dangerous big-game animals. After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick provides chilling accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent---lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.
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