Publisher's hardcover binding with illustrated dust jacket.
222pp. Illustrated.
INSCRIBED by the author on the title page: "To Michael Scott Esq., with compliments and sincere good wishes from the author John F. Burger, Maritzburg, 3/2/58."
All of Burger's books are hunting classics and inscribed copies are scarce.
Binding sound. Light foxing on the preliminary pages and rear endpapers. The original dust jacket has age-associated wear with some paper loss at the top edge of the rear panel.
'In this second record of adventure along the hunting trails of Africa, John F. Burger starts along the main road from the desolate Karoo country and continues through the Kalahari Desert, the Belgian Congo, and on to the Lupa Goldfield in Tanganyika. Some of the strangest characters imaginable become his fellow travellers: and the search for the elusive metal takes him, on a black and eerie night, to the grave of an old native queen where a hoard of gold lies buried beside her.
On one side road he accompanies the world's most fantastic snake man and sees him capture and take bites from the deadly mamba and cobra. In the dense forest of the cannibal he sits at night and listens to the savage drummers sending out their messages - and interprets them successfully. On Christmas Eve he sits around the campfire in the vast open plains and sings Christmas carols with the blacks, whilst the music is provided by a celebrated artist. On yet another night he sits and listens to intimate stories about the most famous hunters who have passed over the African hunting scene. And, once again, the reader shares adventures on the trail of the lion, the elephant and buffalo.' - editor's note
- Jacket Condition: Fair to Good
- Binding Condition: Very Good
