When he was only sixteen, William York traveled to the Sudan, seeking an adventurous life hunting exotic animals. By the time he turned eighteen, he had already shot 250 elephant. This determined youngster crisscrossed the southern Sudan on his own, with only a small band of hire help, and made a living from ivory hunting before he was eligible to vote! Read about how he learned to feed his men after his cook was eaten by a lion; hoe he traversed the Lado Enclave eschewing big tuskers in favour of bulls with smaller tusks so his caravan could carry them; and why he was arrested and flogged in Uganda. After this exciting chapter in his life was finished, he went back to Great Britain for a short period.
On his return to Africa he joined the Kenyan police. But the lure of the wild was still strong, so York gave up police work to become a professional hunter and mercenary.
Artwork by Clive Kay, and foreword by Randall L.Eaton. This true-life story of a born adventurer is volume thirty in Safari Press's Classica in African Hunting Series.
Signed and numbered 109 of 1000 copies. 287 pages, with b&w photos. Complete with slipcase.
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- Overall Condition: Fine
- Size: 23.5 x 15.5cm with Slipcase
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