Read by: Luke Oldham
Language: English
Length: 11 hours and 17 minutes
Publisher: Ascend Audio LLC
Release date: 2024-05-01
Platform | Country | Chart | Last Rank | Last Ranked At |
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Audible | Top Travel & Tourism Audiobooks | 98 | September 19, 2024 | |
Audible | Top Travel & Tourism Audiobooks (Audible Premium) | 74 | September 19, 2024 |
With his characteristic color and flair, Capstick recalls the extraordinary careers of men like Colonel J.H. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world; men like Karamojo Bell, acknowledged as the greatest elephant hunter of all time; men like the valiant Sasha Siemel, who tracked killer jaguars though the Matto Grosso armed only with a spear.
With an authenticity gained by having shared the experiences he writes of, Capstick eloquently recreates the acrid taste of terror in the mouth of a man whose gun has jammed as a lion begins his charge, the exhilaration of tracking and finding a long-sought prey, the bravery and even nobility of performing under circumstances of primitive and savage stress, with death all around in the silent places of the wilderness.