THE HUNTING ANIMAL. By Franklin Russell.

(1983) 1984 1st UK edition. 8vo (158 x 239mm). Ppviii,213. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

A series of narratives about hunts and hunters, human and animal. The story of an American buffalo hunter, a British tiger slayer in the days of the Raj, an Australian kangaroo culler, and of other, animal, hunters; cheetah, leopard, hyena and wolf. A series of narratives about hunts and hunters, human and animal. The story of an American buffalo hunter, a British tiger slayer in the days of the Raj, an Australian kangaroo culler, and of other, animal, hunters; cheetah, leopard, hyena and wolf. Chapters include: Prolouge, the cougar; The buffalo; The tiger; The rifleman; The kangaroo; The leopard; The hyena; The cheetah; The penguin; The wolf; The capelin; The lemming. "The sadness, elation, finality and rue of hunting has never been so well said. Obligatory reading for all meat-eaters." (Tom McGuane).