{"product_id":"b00699sbj8","title":"The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark, only Peter Hathaway Capstick \"can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors' ( Sports Illustrated ). This long-awaited sequel to Death in the Silent Places brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved.\u003cbr\u003e\n * Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and soldier, rewrote the history books with his fearless treks deep into Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\n * English game ranger Constantine \"Iodine\" Ionides saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards. He also gained lasting fame for his uncanny ability to capture black mambas, cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other deadly snakes.\u003cbr\u003e\n * The dashing Brit Johnny Boyes who gained the chieftainship of the Kikuyu tribe with sheer bravado and survived the ferocious battles and ambushes of intertribal warfare.\u003cbr\u003e\n * And Scottish ex-boxer, Jim Sutherland, one of the best ivory hunters who ever lived. His tracking skills and stamina afoot became the stuff of African hunting legend.\u003cbr\u003e\n In The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places , Capstick delivers \"the kind of chilling stories that Hemingway only heard second-hand...with a flair and style that Papa himself would admire\" ( Guns and Ammo ). The author's pungent wit and his authenticity gained from years in the bush make this quartet of vintage heroics an unforgettable return to the silent places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54089747431787,"sku":"YSL16061","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/81oXKoMoXGL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792128521","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b00699sbj8","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}