dad Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 with all the extra time most of us have now i thought i would share some book titles worth a read all quite old and second hand on the bay or amazon. man eaters of kumaon by jim corbett. the man eating leopard of rudraprayag. By jim corbett a hunters wanderings in africa. By frederick courtney selous. horned death. By john f. Burger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 with all the extra time most of us have now i thought i would share some book titles worth a read all quite old and second hand on the bay or amazon. man eaters of kumaon by jim corbett. the man eating leopard of rudraprayag. By jim corbett a hunters wanderings in africa. By frederick courtney selous. horned death. By john f. Burger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Done all the Jim Corbett books, he had balls of steel. Amazing reads. I'll check out the others, I'll see if I can get them on the kindle. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger-Mouse Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 The Corbett books are very interesting, well worth reading. I presume F.C. Selous is the same man the Selous Scouts were named after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, strimmer_13 said: Done all the Jim Corbett books, he had balls of steel. Amazing reads. I'll check out the others, I'll see if I can get them on the kindle. 👍 My favourite was the man eater of rudraprayag..its best to have a good imagination to get a feel for the terrain. The selous book was 1860s and the hardships endured amazing but a little irresponsible by todays standards. I have read many of these books some going back as early as 1820s if you know the title my library used to get them for me from the london library in st jameses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strimmer_13 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 I'm not kidding, after reading them one night and a few beers later, I had the worst nightmare I've had in years of a leopard creeping down the hallway towards me. Absolutely **** myself and woke with a start in a sweat. 😂 He hit my imagination nerve, but it's no fiction your reading. Fantastic books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul59 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 hi dad the only book of interest ive had to read is the haynes repair manual for a mk3 hilux unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 If you enjoy Corbett and selous try death in the long grass by capstick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciurus Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Dad, thanks for the reminder, I first discovered the joy of Reading Corbett books aged 12 in the school library. Just ordered Maneaters of Kumaon. Looking forward to rereading his exploits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 4 hours ago, stumfelter said: If you enjoy Corbett and selous try death in the long grass by capstick. Read that many years ago probably the best book he wrote.most of his books after are other people's stories that he has rewritten and i felt he tended to americanise them too much with his own drama. But death in the long grass was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumfelter Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, dad said: Read that many years ago probably the best book he wrote.most of his books after are other people's stories that he has rewritten and i felt he tended to americanise them too much with his own drama. But death in the long grass was excellent. As you say I've read a few of his later books and they don't compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad Posted April 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 41 minutes ago, stumfelter said: As you say I've read a few of his later books and they don't compare. Yes he had limited personal african experience when africa was almost finished death in the long grass was of personal experience. I think he also wrote silent death or something similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 If you only read one book then read to kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee an absolute classic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 For early shooting interest ....... the Dairy of Col Peter Hawker. Lots of repro editions around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 20 minutes ago, The Heron said: If you only read one book then read to kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee an absolute classic My favourite book of all time, I own roughly 5 or 6 copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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