Product Description

An account of the adventures of a big-game hunter offers glimpses of man-eating leopards, fear-maddened elephants, charging buffalo, cunning hyenas, and other great killers of the African bush country.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #152784 in Books
• Published on: 1978-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

A superb, riveting account of Peter's life.
In my opinion, this is the best book ever written. Peter has a talent that I have never seen or experienced with any other writer. He gives vivid, harrowing accounts of the Big Five, as well as hippo, crocs, snakes, and less known forms of death. This is a must read for anyone remotely interested in Africa, animals, or hunting. Peter Hathaway Capstick is a true master of his game. Some of Peter's tales would put Stephen King to shame, but these are more frightening because they are true. You are cheating yourself out of a treat if this book isn't high on your "To Read...." list.

A "must read" for the outdoorsman.
Peter Hathaway Capstick ranks among the finest story tellers in the world today. His tales of hunting dangerous African game in "Death in the Long Grass" is riveting. His anecdotes portray in vivid detail the danger, fear, and humor in hunting big game in the African bush. Read this book and you will never look at a leopard the same again, or any other big game species in Africa for that matter. Capstick's respect for the animals he hunted and for the African people is quite apparent. "Bravo old boy!"

Don't read these before bedtime.
Capstick's "Death..." series of books are truly frightening.Stephen King might be paid by the word, but Capstick's words are written in blood, and often it is his own. Capstick wrote that true hunting meant that the hunted had at least as good a chance as the hunter. Unfortunately, in America nowadays, we have bear baiting (a pile of garbage and a "hunter" in a tree), and camouflaged wankers on 4-wheelers with turkey whistles and dogs. It makes you wish Charlton Heston was on the receiving end of "The Most Dangerous Game". Anyway, Peter Capstick is an incredible storyteller, mainly because he lived so many of the stories he tells. Even if you are not as rabidly (ha!) anti-hunting as I am, you can appreciate that we are at the top of the food chain, but not by much.