Showing posts with label the man-eaters of tsavo. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Book Review: The Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson

 


Wow, two I read two nonfiction books about a white guy in Africa killing shit in a row. Some achievement. 

Unlike the rather-similar Akeley book I reviewed earlier, this one I got into reading because of the titular man-eating lions that terrorized the Tsavo region in the late 1800s. Like In Brightest Africa, this book is public domain so getting it was easy and free. Otherwise I really don't care for this genre of hunting stories. 

So, yeah, like with Akeley's book, this review (and the book itself) contains mentions of animal death, human death and racism. Yippee (that's sarcasm).