THE ADVENTURES OF SHADREK: SOUTHERN AFRICA'S MOST INFAMOUS ELEPHANT POACHER. By Ron Thomson.

Language: English

Published by Safari Press. Long Beach, California. 2014, 2001

1571574409 / 9781571574404

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2013). (2001) 2014 trade edition. 8vo (155 x 234mm). Ppviii,370. B/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Ilza Joubert. Yellow boards, spine titled in dark blue. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. Ron Thomson, chief of Gonarezhou National Park, recounts his adventures in pursuit of Southern Rhodesia's most famous and elusive elephant poacher. "This is the story of a man called Shadrek, whose elephant-poaching exploits in Zimbabwe's Gonarezhou National Park are legend. In his day there was nobody to touch this poacher and hunter extraordinaire. During the 1960s and 1970s every resident in the towns or ranches of the Zimbabwean Lowveld knew about and spoke about Shadrek. Between 1965 and 1975 Shadrek ran rings around the game rangers and police who tried to catch him. When the local people were asked about Shadrek, they denied any knowledge of the Scarlet Pimpernel of the African bush, yet mention of his name brought enigmatic smiles to their faces. Strangely, the white community, too, despite their disapproval of his plundering of the game reserve's great elephant bulls, had a grudging admiration for Shadrek. For five-and-a-half years during the height of Shadrek's poaching career, the author was the game warden in charge of the Gonarezhou National Park. This is the fascinating account of how Thomson tried to apprehend the elusive character known as Shadrek, and what happened to this legend of the Zimbabwe-Mozambique border." .…

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Title
THE ADVENTURES OF SHADREK: SOUTHERN AFRICA'S MOST INFAMOUS ELEPHANT POACHER. By Ron Thomson.
Author
Thomson (Ron).
Publisher
Safari Press. Long Beach, California. 2014
Publication year
2001
Condition
new
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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1571574409
ISBN 13
9781571574404

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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