African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters
by Lyell, Denis D
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312021496
- ISBN 13
- 9780312021498
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About This Item
NY: St Martins Press, 1988. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. First published in 1935, "This represents an accumulation of letters spanning thirty years the author received from big game hunters including F. C. Selous; C. H. Stigand; R. J. Cunninghame and many others. Most of this correspondence deals with hunting in Africa especially, for the Big Five, and rifle choices for use in various international locales." Record # 381156
Synopsis
African Adventure is a 1963 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. On Safari in Uganda, Hal and Roger manage to capture a varied collection of African animals including hippo, hyena, cape buffalo, and leopard. But their efforts are threatened by the antics of fraudulent White Hunter "Colonel" Benjamin Bigg, and by a member of the Leopard Society who is out to kill them.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 381156
- Title
- African Adventure: Letters from Famous Big-Game Hunters
- Author
- Lyell, Denis D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0312021496
- ISBN 13
- 9780312021498
- Publisher
- St Martins Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Countries, Africa, , .
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