Big Game Shooting - Hints on East African Stalking, Driving, Etc.


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This early guide is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed description of big game shooting that will prove of great interest to the hunting enthusiast or historian of the sport. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.




Big Game Shooting


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Big Game Shooting: The African Buffalo


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This vintage book contains an essay entitled "The African Buffalo" by F. J. Jackson. This detailed essay originally constituted the eleventh chapter of Clive Phillipps-Wolley's 1894 volume, "Big Game Shooting" and contains a wealth of information on hunting buffalo, including instructions for tracking, information on common problems and pitfalls, descriptions of special techniques, historical details, and much more. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in hunting and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of vintage hunting literature. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.




Literary News


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Natural Science


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Big Game Shooting - The Rhinoceros


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This early guide is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A detailed description of big game shooting that will prove of great interest to the hunting enthusiast or historian of the sport. Extensively illustrated with black and white drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.




African Ecology


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In view of the rapidly changing ecology of Africa ,this work provides benchmarks for some of the major, and more neglected, aspects, with an accent on historical data to enable habitats to be seen in relation to their previous state, forming a background reference work to understanding how the ecology of Africa has been shaped by its past. Reviewing historical data wherever possible it adopts an holistic view treating man as well as animals, with accent on diseases both human and animal which have been a potent force in shaping Africa’s ecology, a role neglected in ecological studies.