Memories of a Game Ranger by Harry Wolhuter
Memories of a Game Ranger by Harry Wolhuter
Hardcover
Publisher: Wild Life Protection and Conservation Society of South Africa, Seventh edition, October 1961.
Condition: Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The DJ has some signs of edge wear and little paper loss on spine and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover.
Harry Wolhuter spent forty-four years as a game ranger in the Kruger National Park, covering the first half of the twentieth century. In this book he gives a detailed and entertaining account of his career and life. He was a close observer of local life and tells much of interest about local history and legend as well as the happenings of his own day.
"I suppose there can be few if any men in all Africa possessing a deeper knowledge and wider experience of bush lore in all its phases and in his prime he held all the qualities requisite to give effect to that knowledge and experience; a powerful frame, an iron constitution; cool courage and quiet determination. In addition, his complete mastery of the local Bantu language, and acquaintance with their customs, earned him exceptional liking and respect among the tribal natives. His unique exploit in killing, single-handed, and armed only with a knife, a full grown male lion which had seized, and was carrying him off, was in itself a feat rendering superfluous any further tributes to his rare courage and coolness; but it is worth remarking that in many hazards - happily all safely surmounted - which he has since incurred in the course of his duties, his nerve has shown itself to be just as calm and steady as it was when he underwent that terrible experience." - From the Foreword by J. Stevenson-Hamilton.
-"The autobiography of one of South Africa's first game rangers. But even before that, he lived a life packed with incident and adventure as a barman, carter, trader, cattle rancher, farm manager, soldier and hunter, before he realised that animals needed protection, and became a game ranger in
The most incredible and celebrated feat of his life was when he was attacked by two lions, savagely mauled, and yet managed to survive - barely. If you want to know how, read the book; the story is incredible.
This man epitomises the toughness of people who were living on and opening up a new frontier.
Well worth a read. "
