Spoor of Blood (Alan Cattrick)

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Spoor of Blood

Alan Cattrick (pseudonym for A .P. Cartwright)

Published by Howard Timmins (1959)

Paperback


This is the story of the immense herds of wild animals that roamed the plains of South Africa before civilisation reached our shores,and of what happened when the guns began their deadly work.

This is a history of South African big game from the earliest colonial period to the establishment of the Kruger National Park and the modern conservation. The author discusses various naturalists and big game hunters including Burchell, Harris, Gordon Cumming, Petrus Jacobs, Selous and Pretorius. Chapters include: Kai, the hunter; Millions of antelope; Men - and guns; Little Mr. Burchell; Across the Orange River and on; Enter Captain Harris; The first sable antelope; A red beard and a kilt; Death to the elephant; The Boer hunters; F.C. Selous tests a rifle; The naked hunter; 'That damned elusive Dutchman'; Paul Kruger to the rescue; The £500 explorer; Steinacker v. Stevenson-Hamilton; No shooting!; The warden's dilemma; The first visitors; Envoi.

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