African Safaris Major Andy Anderson Africa Game Hunting Elephants Lions Leopards
Item History & Price
African Safaris by Major G. H. (Andy) Anderson.
Published by Long Beach: Safari Press, 1997, 1st edition as noted on the copyright page.
Reprint. Sound spine, clean boards, unmarked interior pages, wrapped in a dust jacket. Royal 8vo size. Good copy. Good condition. A good reprint of the original edition published in Kenya in 1946. Good plus condition.
One of the founders of the East Africa Professional ...Hunters’ Association, Anderson recalls numerous elephant hunting adventures in Somaliland, Sudan and in East Africa’s Northern Frontier. There is also an interesting trek with James Sutherland in Tanganyika after elephant, and additional safaris with George Rushby. Accounts of leopard and lion hunting are also included, the latter cat mangling Anderson’s leg during one attack. The author died of pneumonia just prior to publication [Czech, African Big Game 2011, page 6]. Illustrated with photo plates.
