Augusts in Africa : safaris into the twilight : forty years of essays and stories

#X93;They burn the grass in July to get it short again, and the decent hunting starts in August." #x97;Robert Ruark.;Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Craig Boddington; Prologue; Africa Passing Relentlessly Beneath the Sun; Running Scared; Buff!; August in Africa; The President and the Pleistocene; â#x80;#x9C;A Suggestion of Grace and Poise â#x80;Œâ#x80;#x9D;; Arab Winter; De Rebus Africanis; Tiger, Tiger; Seeing the Elephant; The One; Something Borrowed; Big Running Mean; The Great Koodoo; Perfect Game; Iodine; Sitting Around Campfires with PHs; Dagga Boys & Monkey Oranges; Not Far to Africa; Blue Train; Confluence of Memories; The Most Expensive Safari in the World; Old No. 7; Dreaming the Lion. They burn the grass in July to get it short again, and the decent hunting starts in August."--Robert RuarkAmericans from Roosevelt to Hemingway to Ruark to Capstick to Robert Jones defined Africa in ways that no European colonist ever would or could. In Augusts in Africa, Thomas McIntyre presents the stories he has gathered from four decades of safari-ing in Africa--and from among the most transforming days, weeks, and months of his life. For those who know it well, these tales may read like accurate reflections of their own experiences on the continent. For others who have journeyed to Africa only briefly, or even not at all, there is a transporting insight to be found in them. And if there is more than one account on the hunting of the Cape buffalo, that is only because it, the buffalo, may simply represent the ideal combination (the perfect game") of size, strength, intelligence, and vehemence to be found in any large wild animal and is therefore indicative of what draws us back again and again to Africa. Whether crouched in a blind for hours until he can clearly make out the individual rosettes on a leopard's hide or listening to the professional hunter utter Oh oh, you should run" when faced with a charging elephant cow, Tom McIntyre brings to life amazing African animals and exciting expeditions in Augusts in Africa They burn the grass in July to get it short again, and the decent hunting starts in August. Robert Ruark Americans from Roosevelt to Hemingway to Ruark to Capstick to Robert Jones defined Africa in ways that no European colonist ever would or could. In Augusts in Africa , Thomas McIntyre presents the stories he has gathered from four decades of safari-ing in Africaand from among the most transforming days, weeks, and months of his life. For those who know it well, these tales may read like accurate reflections of their own experiences on the continent. For others who have journeyed to Africa only briefly, or even not at all, there is a transporting insight to be found in them. And if there is more than one account on the hunting of the Cape buffalo, that is only because it, the buffalo, may simply represent the ideal combination (the perfect game) of size, strength, intelligence, and vehemence to be found in any large wild animal and is therefore indicative of what draws us back again and again to Africa. Whether crouched in a blind for hours until he can clearly make out the individual rosettes on a leopards hide or listening to the professional hunter utter Oh oh, you should run when faced with a charging elephant cow, Tom McIntyre brings to life amazing African animals and exciting expeditions in Augusts in Africa . Americans from Roosevelt to Hemingway to Ruark to Capstick to Robert Jones defined Africa in ways that no European colonist ever would or could. In Augusts in Africa, Thomas McIntyre presents the stories he has gathered from four decades of safari-ing in Africa?and from among the most transforming days, weeks, and months of his life. For those who know it well, these tales may read like accurate reflections of their own experiences on the continent. For others who have journeyed to Africa only briefly, or even not at all, there is a transporting insight to be found in them. And if there is more than one account on the hunting of the Cape buffalo, that is only because it, the buffalo, may simply represent the ideal combination (the "perfect game") of size, strength, intelligence, and vehemence to be found in any large wild animal and is therefore indicative of what draws us back again and again to Africa. Whether crouched in a blind for hours until he can clearly make out the individual rosettes on a leopard?s hide or listening to the professional hunter utter "Oh oh, you should run" when faced with a charging elephant cow, Tom McIntyre brings to life amazing African animals and exciting expeditions in Augusts in Africa.--Amazon.com A “beautifully written” collection of works from a lifetime of African safaris, both hunting its wildlife and appreciating its splendor (Sports Afield). In Augusts in Africa, Thomas McIntyre presents the stories he has gathered from four decades of safari trips in Africa—which were some of the most defining times of his life. For those who know the continent well, these tales may read like reflections of their own experiences. For the rest, there is an insight to be found in them. And if there is more than one account on the hunting of the Cape buffalo, that is because the beast represents an ideal combination of size, strength, intelligence, and vehemence— a perfect symbol of what draws people back again and again to Africa. Whether crouched in a blind for hours until he can clearly make out the individual rosettes on a leopard’s hide or listening to a professional hunter advise him on what to do when faced with a charging elephant (“You should run”), Tom McIntyre brings to life amazing African animals and exciting expeditions with “a mastery of language that helps put us there far better than most other writers, even such vaunted names as Robert Ruark and Ernest Hemingway” (Rifle Loony News). Intro Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword by Craig Boddington Prologue Africa Passing Relentlessly Beneath the Sun Running Scared Buff! August in Africa The President and the Pleistocene â#x80 #x9C A Suggestion of Grace and Poise â#x80 Œâ#x80 #x9D Arab Winter De Rebus Africanis Tiger, Tiger Seeing the Elephant The One Something Borrowed Big Running Mean The Great Koodoo Perfect Game Iodine Sitting Around Campfires with PHs Dagga Boys & Monkey Oranges Not Far to Africa Blue Train Confluence of Memories The Most Expensive Safari in the World Old No. 7 Dreaming the Lion. In Burnt LandsAfterword: The Trend of the Game Epilogue Authorâ#x80 #x99 s Note Illustratorâ#x80 #x99 s Note Acknowledgments.