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Last of the Few: Forty-Two Years of African Safaris (Classics in African Hunting Series, 17th)

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Last 0f the Few is the amassed knowledge of a man who has spent nearly fifty years hunting in Africa. What started as a young boy's passion in Valencia has turned into a life that is legend among those safari buffs. Tony Sanchez-Arino surely takes his place among the great elephant hunter/writers near his old mentors J.A. Hunter, George Rushby, and the legendary "Karamojo" Bell, and Jim Sutherland. Elephants ar not the only area of hunting where he excells. He also shares his experiences with the rest of the Big Five, as well as rifles for African hunting, snakes, crocodiles, Bongo, and......man-eaters! This is a truly wonderfull "can't put it down" books. Stories like his a few and far between today. He is of a vanishing breed.

I bought this book on amazon and saved it for six months before taking it with me on my african safari. Excellent history of hunting in Africa. Particularly interesting is the fact that Mr Sanchez-Arno hunted in areas other than the typical East African stomping grounds. His account of the demise of hunting in the Sudan is tragic.
Buy this only if you're interested in trophy hunting and it's history.