PONDORO - Last of the Ivory Hunters

by John Taylor 

"Pondoro" means "lion" in Chinyungwe, the name applied to John Taylor. For more than thirty years he has been a professional hunter, often out of touch with civilization, for as long as three and four years at a time. when the price of ivory fell to next to nothing, other elephant hunters turned to new occupations. He did not. Accordingly, since the thirties he has been the only regular professional ivory hunter on the continent. 

'Taylor was an Irishman who spent more than 30 years hunting in Africa. He killed more than 1,000 elephants and preferred large rifles and catridges such as the .450/.400 Nitro, .500/.465 Nitro, and .375 Holland. The British expelled him from Nyasaland in 1958 and sent him to London, where he died destitute in 1969. Taylor was the son of a wealthy Irish surgeon and American (Louisiana) mother. His banishment from Africa and subsequent inability to find work with a British rifle maker were probably due to his support for Africans and his harsh words for British Imperialism.'

Hardcover, 1st edition published 1956. 275 Pages illustrated with black and white photographs,

previous owner gift inscription to front inside cover.

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