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Excellent firsthand account of dangerous adventures This is Colonel Patterson's own account of the Tsavo lions and his hunting and killing of the man-eaters. About a third of the book is about these lions. The rest is mostly other African hunting stories with some information about work on the East A Leggi tutto

The first half of this book is great. The second half is both boring and disturbing. Let me explain. The first half consists of Patterson’s description of the title story, his battles with two man-eating lions in Tsavo. It’s really incredible that this happened; I thought that it was just a myth that Leggi tutto

I have read many books about the reign of terror caused by the two lions of Tsavo, but this is the tale told by J. H. Patterson, THE guy who was there! Patterson was the character played by Val Kilmer in The Ghost and the Darkness, he was the a construction engineer (and later, a famous big game hun Leggi tutto

'A Powerful Story of Man vs. Wild' I first heard of this story from the film 'The Ghost and the Darkness' and loved the movie so much I kept this book on my must-read list. After finally coming around to reading this book I am pleased to say I was not disappointed. Lt. Col. J.H. Patterson is a British Leggi tutto

I love books about real-life sagas, and this one didn't dissapoint ... "Pools of blood marked these halting-places, where he doubtless indulged in the man-eaters' habit of licking the skin off so as to get at the fresh blood. (I have been led to believe that this is their custom from the appearance o Leggi tutto