MONTHS OF THE SUN: FORTY YEARS OF ELEPHANT HUNTING IN THE ZAMBEZI VALLEY

First Edition

410pages, well illustrated with black end white photos and illustrations, colour maps to endpapers.

Condition: Very good in very good, now in clear protective Brodart sleeve, dust jacket.

Hardcover. Large and heavy item: 50x230x300mm Tall in size.

"Nyschens spent many years as an elephant poacher in the Rhodesian bush country until he was finally appointed a game officer. Between his poaching and legal hunting he bagged over 1000 elephants."

-Czech, An Annotated Bibliography of African Big Game Hunting Books, page 209.

"Forty Years of Elephant Hunting in the Zambezi Valley. Ian's career as an elephant hunter began in 1947 in Southern Rhodesia when he found a companion-Faanie Joosten-and the pair of them started hunting for ivory for a living. They roamed far and wide, often outside of the law, as far north as southern Tanzania and as far east as the coast of Mozambique. But Ian's stronghold was the thick jess bush of the Zambezi Valley, a place he loved more than any other. There, visibility was so poor that sometimes a hunter could be close enough to touch an elephant with the barrel of his rifle before he could see it. Ian's life was one fantastic and epic adventure after another."

-Africa Hunting.com