The author of Sands of Silence presents the long-awaited sequel to his classic Death in the Silent Places: spine-crawling sagas of four legendary African big-game hunters.
The author\'s pungent wit and his authenticity gained from years in the bush make this quartet of vintage heroics an unforgettable Return to the Silent places..
In The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places , Capstick delivers the kind of chilling stories that Hemingway only heard second-hand...with a flair and style that Papa himself would admire ( Guns and Ammo ).
His tracking skills and stamina afoot became the stuff of African hunting legend. * And Scottish ex-boxer, Jim Sutherland, one of the best ivory hunters who ever lived. * The dashing Brit Johnny Boyes who gained the chieftainship of the Kikuyu tribe with sheer bravado and survived the ferocious battles and ambushes of intertribal warfare.
He also gained lasting fame for his uncanny ability to capture black mambas, cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other deadly snakes. * English game ranger Constantine Iodine Ionides saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards. * Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and soldier, rewrote the history books with his fearless treks deep into Africa.
This long-awaited sequel to Death in the Silent Places brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved.
Hailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark, only Peter Hathaway Capstick can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors\' ( Sports Illustrated ).
These thrilling vintage tales recount the exploits of Frederick Selous, Constantine Ionides, Johnny Boyes, and Jim Sutherland.
The author of Sands of Silence presents the long-awaited sequel to his classic Death in the Silent Places: spine-crawling sagas of four legendary African big-game hunters
