MASHESHA: THE MAKING OF A GAME RANGER. By Tony Pooley.
1992 1st edition. Small 4to (175 x 249mm). Ppxvi,240. B/w illustrations by Elsa Pooley. Blue boards, spine titled in white.
Tales of the author's apprenticeship and work as a game warden in the game parks of Maputaland, Natal. Chapters include: Apprentice ranger; The flying missionary; Spotlight on flying hooves; 'A howling wilderness of sandy flats and swamps'; Evidence in the ash; An impala for a landrover; The master trappers; The unlucky luabo; Animals of another kind; A change in rhythm; The last refuge of the elephants; The hippo woman and the crocodile man; Listen to the African Veld; A new dimension; Aerial tracking; The unpaid policeman of Ndumu; A question of survival. The end of the book has several useful glossaries of Zulu and Afrikaans words; Common, scientific and zulu names of animals and insects; Common, scientific and zulu names of plants.
Tales of the author's apprenticeship and work as a game warden in the game parks of Maputaland, Natal. Chapters include: Apprentice ranger; The flying missionary; Spotlight on flying hooves; 'A howling wilderness of sandy flats and swamps'; Evidence in the ash; An impala for a landrover; The master trappers; The unlucky luabo; Animals of another kind; A change in rhythm; The last refuge of the elephants; The hippo woman and the crocodile man; Listen to the African Veld; A new dimension; Aerial tracking; The unpaid policeman of Ndumu; A question of survival. The end of the book has several useful glossaries of Zulu and Afrikaans words; Common, scientific and zulu names of animals and insects; Common, scientific and zulu names of plants.
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Book Code
33241
Author | Pooley (Tony). |
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Book Code | 33241 |
ISBN | 1868124215 / 1868124215. |
Book Description | Very good copy in dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1992 |
Publisher | Southern Book Publishers. |
Place | Halfway House, South Africa. |