The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise [Hardcover]

Peter H Beard (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 20, 2008

Researched, photographed, and compiled over 20 years, Beard's "End of the Game" tells the tale of the enterprisers, explorers, missionaries, and big-game hunters who changed the face of Africa in the 20th century.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Beard has written an engrossing book that is part history and part travelogue; throughout, it is a paen to Africa. Black-and-white photographs make up the bulk of the book. In trying to make us understand the depth of the tragedy that has transformed Africa, Beard presents many gruesome and shocking photographs. Originally published in 1965 and updated in 1977, this work is essentially a reprint of the latter edition. A new afterword has been appended, but the remainder of the book is unchanged. For libraries that do not own the 1977 edition, Beard presents a lively, vivid account of European and American intrusion into Africa; others may wish to replace heavily used copies. Essential for any African collection.
- Randy Dykhuis, OCLC, Dublin, Ohio
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Author

Paul Theroux went to Africa as a teacher in 1963. He ran a school in Malawi, and then taught at Makerere University in Uganda, where he also worked as a journalist, traveling throughout East and Central Africa. He published three novels with African settings - Fong and the Indians, Girls at Play, and Jungle Lovers, as well as short stories. He is the author of many other novels and travel books, including Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town (2002).

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (June 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3836505304
• ISBN-13: 978-3836505307
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 9.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,486 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hypnotic look into the fading shadows of the Dark Contnt., June 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: End of the Game (Paperback)

Hypnotic, sad, and occasionally graphic, this first-rate picto-history of Africa's glory days manages to convey something of the magic that inspired artists and hunters alike to flock to the expansive, untamed land known as The Dark Continent. Excellently annotated with stunning, eye-poppingly original photos never before seen. First rate. Spending an hour with Beard's book is to embark on an adventure. You will not be able to forget many of these photos, some of which were supplied to the author by Karen Blixen, the woman who penned "Out of Africa." The orginal 1965 edition of "End of the Game" is so prized the School of the Art Institute of Chicago keeps a copy under close guard in the Special Collections room. To spend an hour with this book is to lose yourself under the volcanic glare of an African sun, to feel the blackflies nipping at your shins, and see, if only through a final, panicked photo, all the beauty and horror of Africa rushing toward you through the tall grass of an abandoned savannah. Sound exciting? Take my advice: skip "Out of Africa"; "End of the Game" is out of this world.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars more than a coffee table photography book, July 1, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: End of the Game (Paperback)

This is not a coffee table book despite its professional and exquiste photographs. The End of the Game is a heartrending and informative picture of poaching and the plight of the African elephant. For those with connections to Kenya it breathes nostalgia of days gone by, and an era both sad and beautiful.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old Africa-brought to life, November 10, 2001

By 

Sherry L. Rogers (Spruce Pine, Alabama United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise - A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of the Big Game in Africa (Paperback)

It's a very real look at Old Africa. It shows the truth of man's bad luck, bad descisions, greed, and life filled with hard times. It shows nature in it's true self, not some Disney version of happy animals dancing around. This is an excellent book and should serve as a wake up call for the multitudes of Americans who believe the garbage that is spoon fed to them on their televisions. It may be well more than most readers can handle, because the truth is not sugar coated here.