To the Banks of the Zambezi by T.V. Bulpin

To the Banks of the Zambezi by T.V. Bulpin

Hardcover
Publisher: Nelson, 1965 First Edition
Used - Good: No Jacket. Boards are edgeworn, somewhat faded and marked but the inside of the book is clean, clear and without any markings. The binding is firm and strong.

Bulpin transports the reader to the mystical country Rhodesia, today known as Zimbabwe. In his remarkably engaging and romantic style of writing, he tells of stories long forgotten, played out at the foot of the majestic Victoria Falls and along the banks of the Zambezi, the greatest river in Africa.

Thomas Victor Bulpin, born 1918 in Umkomaas, Kwazulu Natal was a South African writer about African big game hunters, South African travel and history. He was a man of enormous talent and intellect, and a prolific writer. During his lifetime, he produced 29 books and over 2000 booklets, pamphlets, newspapers and magazine features, and travel videos, becoming the Doyen of African travel writers and a legend in his own lifetime. Tom had a great love for his country and diversity of cultures. At 16 he entered the cinema business as a technician, later enlisting with the SA Air force. On his return he joined the Associated British Cinema Corporation before being sent to cover Africa for their news reels. While traveling, he gathered information for his books. Later however, due to his dislike of being edited, he began his own publishing company and focused on this and his travels until his death in 1999 following a long battle with skin cancer. TV Bulpin is the author of Discovering Southern Africa and Tavern of the Seas.