Death in the Long Grass: A Big Game Hunters Adventures in the African Bush

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As thrilling as any novel, as taut and exciting as any adventure story, Death in the Long Grass takes us deep into the heart of darkness to view the Africa that few people have ever seen.

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Dust jacket has rubbing and small closed tears to edges. A Big Game Hunter's Adventures in the This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. I just read it again, and loved it just as much as when it was first published in the late s. If you have any issues whats I haven't picked it up in years and I can still remember the opening line: His stories of derring-do, hunting game big and mean enough to hunt you back usually featuring a hero none other than himself ought to be an anachronism, ought to be unreadable, in fact. Instead, they are ridiculously entertaining; you will find yourself interrupting friends' conversations to share what happened with the leopard, or to the young couple on their honeymoon.

The very definition of a rip-roaring good read. Feb 25, Phil rated it it was ok. Peter Capstick was a big game hunter in Africa during the 70's, and probably longer, but the stories in this memoir cover mostly the 70s.

This book feels like a collection of campfire stories, each tall tale as exciting as the last. One tends to believe most of the tales that Capstick tells, but only because he sounds straightforward, honest, and pragmatic. Even so, one could easily get the idea that Capstick was among the best hunters ever as told by Capstick.

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How seriously you take the storie Peter Capstick was a big game hunter in Africa during the 70's, and probably longer, but the stories in this memoir cover mostly the 70s. How seriously you take the stories is up the reader, I suppose. The book is divided up into sections, each section about a different huntable or encounterable animal in the Africa wilderness. Capstick usually tells a few stories about hunting that animal, combined with a little natural history about that animal, while making sure to communicate, in detail, how that animal might relish killing you in gory, but not terribly explicit, detail.

While interesting, the book does become a bit repetitive, yet it still manages to keep the reader interested by way of the suspenseful story telling. One thing I appreciated about this memoir was that Capstick gave careful thought to completely represent all of Africa's animals as well rounded creatures, and not just mindless killers or trophies. Capstick, while a hunter, is also often quick to point out the conservationist aspect to hunting.

Safaris and big game hunting is not about the wanton slaughter of animals that would be called poaching but is rather a skilled hunt of respect towards the animal, and often the large fees and expensive licenses one is required to pay in order to hunt each individual animal does much to pay the wages of game wardens, upkeep of the animals, and to buy land for ecological preserves. A hunter wishes to hunt an animal, and for that to happen the animal must exist, so the irony that most animal activists fail to realize is that hunters actually do the most to preserve the magnificent African wildlife.

I would say to pull up a log and enjoy a few tall tales and learn a few things about Africa's most famous animals as told my a man who knows the field quite well. Sep 12, Preston Fleming rated it it was amazing.

What most people don't understand about big-game hunting in Africa is that the animals have a much better chance against the hunter than one might expect. The late Peter Hathaway Capstick was born in New Jersey but realized his boyhood dream of becoming a big-game hunter and safari guide in Africa. Once you've read Capstick's firs What most people don't understand about big-game hunting in Africa is that the animals have a much better chance against the hunter than one might expect.

Once you've read Capstick's first book, you will want to read his others. Nobody has written as colorfully or gut-wrenchingly as Capstick about stalking and being stalked by African big-game animals.

Apr 27, K. Weiland rated it it was amazing. I'm not a hunter, and although I'm not squeamish about killing animals when necessary, I don't find sport hunting appealing in the least. That said, this book is a riveting account of some of the scariest animals on the plant. Capstick shares stories gleaned from his own experiences on safari in Africa in the s and seasons them with a rousing wit and a lot of fun. Feb 05, Anthony Whitt rated it it was amazing. Heart pounding action straight from the true experiences of the author.

Not for the squeamish.

In his line of business the loss of innocent lives is common place and the details are brutal. Death in the Long Grass is an outstandingly written account of the author's real-life adventures and experiences in Africa guiding big game hunters on safari.

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His stories are categorized by the different types of the most dangerous game of the African bush -- the lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, crocodile, hippo, and the Cape buffalo, which many consider to be the most dangerous of all. Capstick's colorful descriptions make their way smoothly into the stories and he takes the reader deep into the Death in the Long Grass is an outstandingly written account of the author's real-life adventures and experiences in Africa guiding big game hunters on safari.

Capstick's colorful descriptions make their way smoothly into the stories and he takes the reader deep into the intensity and danger of the hunt. His eye for detail is grounded in his years of actual experience as a hunter and guide, and he comments authoritatively albeit briefly on the weapons used for the hunt.

For those of us who have neither the time nor the wherewithal to go on safari, Capstick's books are terrific armchair adventures. Imagine that you are sitting on the veranda of a safari camp kitchen, with a cool drink at hand, your heavy rifle leaning against the wall nearby, and the sounds of the jungle floating around you. Open the book and you will quickly be immersed in the hunt. Jun 03, Allan rated it did not like it Recommends it for: People interested in plagiarism. Peter Hathaway Capstick wrote books about big game hunting in Africa and I wish he hadn't.

I was shocked by the work Capstick foisted upon us. It's been several years since I read this book and I'm surprised I kept it in my library. I'll remedy that si Peter Hathaway Capstick wrote books about big game hunting in Africa and I wish he hadn't. I'll remedy that situation ere long. This is a book of hunting stories; the problem is whose? Capstick was long suspected of embellishment and outright inability to see where a story's bona fides came from. The main thing I enjoyed about this book was the title.

Nov 16, Chris Hamburger rated it it was amazing. Capstick is a master story teller and a model hunter. He weaves the suspense of waiting for the perfect moment to strike the deadliest game in the most unforgiving terrain of Africa, with the facts of the hunter, target, and culture of hunting. He takes you on first hand accounts of tracking tigers, leopards, lions, elephants, anything one might hunt in africa. He writes about trailing a man-eating crocodile that was reported at 15 feet in length.

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He was sleep Loved it! He was sleeping in a camp when the blood chilling screams of a victims woke the camp. Aug 28, Mike Disalvo rated it it was amazing.

Death in the Long Grass

Capstick invokes the feeling of sitting around the campfire listening to stories. He tells a story the way way Monet painted, full of color and brilliance. His stories make you feel the sun beating down on you,and hear the tiny rustle of the long grass that means a charge. When you read his book s your not going to feel like you reading, you'll feel like your there. No one has ever written better on hunting in Africa, not Ruark or Hemingway, I know I have a volume collection of African hunt Capstick invokes the feeling of sitting around the campfire listening to stories.

No one has ever written better on hunting in Africa, not Ruark or Hemingway, I know I have a volume collection of African hunting books dating from to Trust me buy this book for anyone who hunts or has thought of hunting, you will not regret it. How good is this book? I've had 5 copies of it, the 1st 2 paperbacks were read till they fell apart. Jan 20, Katy Rudie rated it it was amazing. This book has all the excitement of an action movie yet it's REAL!

Death in the Long Grass

I think he's an amazing narrative writer. Jan 19, Jacob rated it it was amazing. How could I not love a book about hunting? Mahana, I'm going to Africa. Jul 12, Samantha Artuso rated it it was amazing. With imagery so fantastic you have to read it to believe it, Capstick paints a picture of Africa so real you'll find yourself pining for your Disney movies, clutching them for dear life and praying that they were the reality instead of what is.

Normally I have a problem understanding writing that is read out loud to me but when my husband read to me the Leopards chapter, images of what was happening played in mind like I was watching a movie. His writing style leaves nothing to be desired. Chapst With imagery so fantastic you have to read it to believe it, Capstick paints a picture of Africa so real you'll find yourself pining for your Disney movies, clutching them for dear life and praying that they were the reality instead of what is.

Chapstick has a reputation for being a not-too-moral person as a hunter, but I have noticed that things like that are often the case when fellow professionals become jealous for some reason or another. So jealous in fact, that they will spew lies and many false, angry words about said person just to cut down a rival in the eye of the public. This kind of thing is common in professions ranging from academia to the arts. I believe this is what happened to Capstick. Patterson and Colonel Jim Corbett, who stalked legendary man-eaters through the silent darkness on opposite sides of the world; men like Karamojo Bell, acknowledged as the greatest elephant hunter of all time; men like the valiant Sasha Siemel, who tracked killer jaguars though the Matto Grosso armed only with a spear.

With an authenticity gained by having shared the experiences he writes of, Capstick eloquently recreates the acrid taste of terror in the mouth of a man whose gun has jammed as a lion begins his charge, the exhilaration of tracking and finding a long-sought prey, the bravery and even nobility of performing under circumstances of primitive and savage stress, with death all around in the silent places of the wilderness. After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent—lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.

With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase.

The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.

Wally Johnson spent half a century in Mozambique hunting white gold—ivory. Most men died at this hazardous trade. In hours of conversations by mopane fired in the African bush, Wally described his career—how he survived the massive bite of a Gaboon viper, buffalo gorings, floods, disease, and most dangerous of all, gold fever. In Botswana, at age 63, Wally continued his career. His words are rugged testimony to an Africa that is now a distant dream.

Account Options Sign in. Death in the Long Grass: Captstick settled in Pretoria, South Africa with his wife Fiona until his death at age Flowing text, Original pages.

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