Pori Tupu. By Oskar Koenig, professional African hunter - Signed copy

Pori Tupu (the native term for the bush) is the book of a man who not only knows everything there is to know about African wildlife, but has also a profound experience of the African continent, its wildness, its beauties and its mysteries. Although a professional hunter, Oskar Koenig has always been more concerned to preserve, rather than kill, the animals he so loves and understands. He is among the creators of the immense National Park on the Ngorongoro crater, where animals who would be dangerous in other surroundings live in peace and security. He has some remarkable stories to tell: of his encounter with the fabulous elephant, Selemani, believed to be three hundred years old, whom no hunter has been able to kill; of the lioness that became so tame that it lived with a British official in Nairobi; of the slaughter of a herd of wild elephants that was devastating the native villages and of the orgy that followed...