The Hunter Is Death [Hardcover]

T. V. Bulpin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 348 pages
• Publisher: Safari Pr (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940143089
• ISBN-13: 978-0940143081
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,219,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating account of African hunting and game control, November 25, 1997

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This review is from: The Hunter Is Death (Hardcover)

If you are curious about what the last of the commercial hunting of elephants was like in the early years of the twentieth century, this is an excellent book. An autobiography as told to a professional writer, this text is extremely valuable in showing the real world risks and rewards faced by George Rushby as he sought adventure, found it, and went on to become a professional game warden. While not as action packed as a novel could be, it is hard to imagine a more adventurous life, unless it was the early hunters that colonized the new world. Recommended for real life adventurers (the sections on "dash" are worth the price of the book) and Walter Mittys as well.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enthralling account of an elephant hunter's life in Africa, June 12, 2005

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Kiwi (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Hunter Is Death (Hardcover)

This book is abouit George Rushby, one of the last great african elephant hunters. Not exactly PC now, but back in 1920, when George left England at the age of 20 for South Africa and a life of adventure, it was adventurous. The book tells us about Rushby's life as an elephant hunter and at times, poacher - more romantic then than now, and his travels around africa. On foot thru Tanganyika, the Belgian Congo, the CAR - the sort of thing that gets passed of as adventure these days but which Rushby/Bulpin treat rather more matter-of-factly.

The books full of interesting little titbits - about elephant hunting, cannibalism, lycanthropy, black magic, hyena cults, the lion-men of Singida, the man-eating lions of the Njombe district in Tanganyika who killed and ate well over one thousand people before they were hunted down and killed (by Rushby). It's a grand story of life in the "old" africa of the 1920's - 1930's, when you could still travel freely (and relatively safely) through most of africa. Well worth a read - I found it enthralling the first time I read it and having re-read it recently, find it equally as riveting. Highly recommended.

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic account of Rushby's remarkable career, May 29, 2011

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This review is from: The Hunter Is Death (Hardcover)

For true buffs on Africana, George Rushby is one of the most respected, experienced hunters of the 20th century. Not as well known as Selous, Bell, of Taylor, he nonetheless shot, legally and illegally, scores of dangerous game as a meat hunter for the railroads and farms in early 20th centure Africa to his years as a Game Ranger, killing off one of the most feared and prolificly vicious pride of lions in the Njombe district of Tanganika in the 40's who were responsible for an extimated 1500-2000 deaths.
Unlike most hunting classics written (or ghost written) by hunters themselves, this is written and thoroughly researched by Bulpin, a very solid and thorough writer in his plain but interesting narrative style. Rushby himself chroicled his adventures in his classic "No More the Tusker", but it's unfortunately long out of print and very rare, now fetching upwards of $500 for a decent copy. Bulpin, on the other hand, is far easier to get ahold of for $40-$50 for a good, clean copy.
A fun, well-written book for anyone interested in this, the last, era in the days of Colonial Africa where hunters were heroes and men of legend.