"Safari, R.S.V.P." 1960 HOLMES, Willliam D. (SOLD)
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HOLMES, William D.
[179] pp.
Coward McCann, Inc.
1960
8 3/4" x 6
VG/ VG
According to the author, about 3,000 visiting sportsmen embark on African safaris a year and for them this book ought to be helpful. For the average reader, however, the prospects are doubtful. Holmes, a ""white hunter"" in Kenya and Tanganyika, covers every detail of a safari and the visiting hunter's part in it from a choice of socks to a choice of guns. What's the cost to stuff a lion in Nairobi or to have that leopard made into a rug? Holmes tells. Can you have a refrigerator and electric lights on safari? You can if you'll pay a surcharge. What can you do if a rogue elephant, a maddened rhino or a wounded Cape buffalo comes charging at short range out of the bush? The author is less explicit here, leading the reader to one inescapable conclusion--stay home or learn how to pray. In total: a handbook without even much vicarious excitement for the fireside 'bwana.