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A chance meeting around a safari campfire on the banks of the Mupamadazi River leads to The Last Ivory Hunter: The Saga of Wally Johnson, a grand tale of African adventure by renowned hunting author Peter Hathaway Capstick. Wally Johnson spent half a century in Mozambique hunting white gold--ivory. Most men died at this hazardous trade. He's the last one able to tell his story. 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. He bluffed down 200 armed poachers almost single-handedly, and survived rocket attacks from communist revolutionaries during Mozambique's plunge into chaos in 1975. In Botswana, at age 63, Wally continued his career. Though the great tuskers have largely gone and most of Wally's colleagues are dead, Wally has survived. His words are rugged testimony to an Africa that is now a distant dream.Product Identifiers
PublisherST Martin's Press
ISBN-139780312000486
eBay Product ID (ePID)176326833
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Last Ivory Hunter: the Saga of Wally Johnson
AuthorPeter Hathaway Capstick
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year1988
Dimensions
Item Height241mm
Item Width159mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorPeter Hathaway Capstick
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States