The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter

1 volume.

ix, 188 pages.

Original boards with cloth spine.

Gilt title on cover and spine.

Contains many of the author's original drawings

and has sketches on bullet placement.

Full-page plates and in-text illustrations.

Elephant hunting classic.

Bell was born in 1880 and left school at 14 to make his way on

a cargo ship to Africa. After working for a time on the

Ungandan railway he set off to join the Klondike gold rush.

After fighting with the Canadian volunteers in the Boer War he

remained in Africa hunting elephants in the African interior

until the First World War.

It was then that he perfected the use of the high-velocity rifle.

During the War he fought for the British as a fighter pilot.

He returned to Africa after the war and continued to make a

successful living out of elephant hunting.

The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter is one of the great

big game hunting books written by the greatest of all

African hunters. Czech: (Africa) pp.23-24.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

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