Death in the Dark Continent - Hardcover

Capstick, Peter Hathaway

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312186150 ISBN 13: 9780312186159

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 1983

Synopsis

Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the world's most dangerous big-game animals. After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent--lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros. The classic big-game animals are unmatched as a test of a hunter's skill and courage. With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase. The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.

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Review:

"Few writers have matched Capstick's flair for describing the hunt...in gruesome, realistic terms...A page-turner that is absorbingly spine-tingling."--"Publishers Weekly" on "Death in the Long Grass"
"This book had me on the edge of my seat...297 pages of spine-tingling yarns."--"New York Times Book Review" on "Death in the Long Grass"
"Thrilling and suspenseful reading...spine-tingling hunting adventure...a 4-Star book of 3-continent adventure."--"The Outdoor Journal" on" Death in the Silent Places"

Few writers have matched Capstick's flair for describing the hunt...in gruesome, realistic terms...A page-turner that is absorbingly spine-tingling. "Publishers Weekly on Death in the Long Grass"

This book had me on the edge of my seat...297 pages of spine-tingling yarns. "New York Times Book Review on Death in the Long Grass"

Thrilling and suspenseful reading...spine-tingling hunting adventure...a 4-Star book of 3-continent adventure. "The Outdoor Journal on Death in the Silent Places""

"Few writers have matched Capstick's flair for describing the hunt...in gruesome, realistic terms...A page-turner that is absorbingly spine-tingling." --Publishers Weekly on Death in the Long Grass

"This book had me on the edge of my seat...297 pages of spine-tingling yarns." --New York Times Book Review on Death in the Long Grass

"Thrilling and suspenseful reading...spine-tingling hunting adventure...a 4-Star book of 3-continent adventure." --The Outdoor Journal on Death in the Silent Places

About the Author:

Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940-1996), a former Wall Street stockbroker turned professional adventurer, was critically acclaimed as the successor to Hemingway and Ruark in African hunting literature. After giving up his career, the New Jersey native hunted in Central and South America before going to Africa in 1968, where he held professional hunting licenses in Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Capstick also served in that most perilous of trades--Elephant and Buffalo Cropping Officer. In addition to writing about hunting, he was also featured in an award-winning safari video and audio tapes. Captstick settled in Pretoria, South Africa with his wife Fiona until his death at age 56.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0312186150
• ISBN 13: 9780312186159
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238