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  • Big Game Shooting - The Lion in South Africa

    by F. C. Selous ...
    Frederick Courteney Selous (1851-1917) was a British explorer, hunter and conservationist, and is most remembered for his activities in Southeast Africa. Selous explored lesser-known areas, where he recorded ethnographic notes and collected specimens. ‘Big Game Shooting’, published in 1894, is an anecdotal account that chronicles his experiences of hunting the lion in South Africa, and offers a ... Read more

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  • Into the Wild: 19 Stories of Unforgettable Hunting Expeditions

    Nineteen Classic Tales of Big-Game Pursuit, Frontier Peril, and Wilderness Survival

    by James Oliver Curwood, Charles King, Mikkjel Fønhus, T. C. Harbaugh, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Robert Morris Peck, Frederick Courteney Selous, Anne Bowman, Mayne Reid, Quincy Allen, Edward Stratemeyer, A. Hyatt Verrill ...
    Into the Wild gathers nineteen hunting narratives that chart the contested imaginative territory of wilderness, pursuit, survival, and encounter. Ranging from brisk adventure tale and frontier romance to natural-history-inflected expedition narrative, the collection reveals how hunting fiction converted unfamiliar landscapes into sites of danger, discipline, and wonder. Memorable episodes of ... Read more

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  • The Ornithologist's Archive: 35 Classic Books in Bird Studies

    Classic Writings on Bird Migration, Taxonomy, Field Ecology, and Early Conservation

    by Frank M. Chapman, Thomas Bingley, Edmund Selous, Joseph Grinnell, Elizabeth Grinnell, J. Lewis Bonhote, Charles K. Reed, Harrison Bruce Tordoff, Chester A. Reed, Lionel Walter Rothschild Baron Rothschild, W. H. Hudson, Erwin E. Klaas, Charles Dixon, Emil K. Urban, Frederick Charles Lincoln, Steven R. Peterson, Peter A. Anastasi, P. M. C. Kermode, J. A. Harvie-Brown, John Cordeaux, M. Dale Arvey, Edward Harrison Taylor, Henry Higgins Lane, E. Raymond Hall, Henry S. Fitch, Jr. George H. Lowery, Alexander Goodman More, Richard Manliffe Barrington, James W. Bee, John Albert Leach, T. Gilbert Pearson, Leander S. Keyser, Robert L. Merz, Robert Morrow Mengel, Jon C. Barlow, Douglas Dewar, Jack Miner, Austin Loomer Rand, Rollin H. Baker ...
    The Ornithologist's Archive gathers thirty-five classic works that chart bird study's passage from attentive natural history to systematic ecology, distributional science, and conservation-minded observation. Its selections range across field notes, regional avifaunas, identification manuals, taxonomic discussions, and reflective prose, revealing ornithology as both a literary and scientific ... Read more

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  • Tales from the Savannah: Frederick Courteney Selous' African Memoirs

    by Frederick Courteney Selous ...
    African Nature Notes and Reminiscences by Frederick Courteney Selous: Immerse yourself in the untamed beauty of Africa with "African Nature Notes and Reminiscences" by Frederick Courteney Selous. This captivating collection of observations and memories paints a vivid picture of the African landscape, its wildlife, and the adventures of a renowned big-game hunter and naturalist.Why This Book ... Read more

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  • African Nature Notes and Reminiscences

    by Frederick Selous ...
    African Nature Notes and Reminiscences are the reminiscences of the famous big game hunter Frederick Selous. The original illustrations and a table of contents is included. ... Read more

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  • Bird Watching

    by Edmund Selous ...
    I should like to explain that this work, being, with one or two insignificant exceptions, a record of my own observations only, it has not been my intention to make general statements in regard to the habits of any particular bird. In practice, however, it is often difficult to write as if one were not doing this, without its having a very clumsy effect. One cannot, for instance, always say, "I ... Read more

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  • Twenty Years in Zambesia

    by Frederick Courteney Selous ...
    "The stories of Selous' doings I have often listened to far into the night as described round my camp fire by his excited and admiring followers. Selous is not only known as a hunter, held in awe by the Matabele for his unerring aim, and beloved by the Mashonas' as a food-giver, but he is a map-maker, and the road-maker of Mashonaland, and the absolute pioneer of that part of Africa; for it was he ... Read more

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  • Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia [Illustrated Edition]

    by Frederick Courteney Selous ...
    Embark on an extraordinary journey through the heart of southern Africa with Frederick Courteney Selous' Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia. This captivating memoir offers a firsthand account of the Mashonaland Rebellion of 1896-1897, vividly detailing the turbulent events that shaped Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during this pivotal period.Selous, a renowned British explorer, hunter, and adventurer, ... Read more

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  • Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia

    by Frederick Courteney Selous ...
    "The most stirring portion of his book...deals with the part which Mr. Selous himself played in suppressing the rising...and the various accounts he gives of the brave deed done by the little band...against the swarms of warriors." -Morning Post (London), Nov. 5, 1896"Selous has so considerable a reputation relating to South Africa...the greatest interest attaches to his account ... of the last ... Read more

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  • Beautiful Birds

    by Edmund Selous ...
    Beautiful Birds by Edmund Selous is a richly descriptive book that takes readers on a journey through the natural world, focusing on the fascinating and colorful lives of various bird species. The book highlights the beauty and intricacy of birds, offering detailed accounts of their habits, appearances, and environments. Selous provides an in-depth exploration of both common and exotic species, ... Read more

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  • A Historian in Gaza

    by Jean-Pierre Filiu, Cynthia Schoch, Trista Selous ...
    Jean-Pierre Filiu, acclaimed historian of Gaza, is intimately familiar with the land's people and places; he speaks the local dialect. But nothing prepared him for what he encountered there in December 2024. This is his unforgettable, unbearably intimate account of one month in a place shattered by Israel's all-out war. When the historian returned to Gaza, he arrived under circumstances ... Read more

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  • The Lion in South Africa (1894)

    by Frederick Courteney Selous ...
    "Selous is the most famous hunter in all Africa." -The AmericanFrederick Courteney Selous (1851 – 1917) was a British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir H. Rider Haggard to create the fictional Allan Quatermain character.Selous was also a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell ... Read more

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