The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures by J. H. Patterson
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"The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures" by J. H. Patterson is a semi-autobiographical book published in 1907. It recounts Patterson's harrowing experiences supervising railroad construction in Kenya in 1898, when two lions terrorized workers for nine months, killing dozens of people. Patterson eventually hunted down both man-eaters, earning international fame. The book also describes the completion of the bridge, encounters with local wildlife and tribes, and various hunting expeditions
across East Africa. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Patterson, J. H. (John Henry), 1867-1947 |
|---|---|
| Commentator | Selous, Frederick Courteney, 1851-1917 |
| Title | The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man-eaters_of_Tsavo |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Hall. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports |
| Subject | Africa, East -- Description and travel |
| Subject | Uganda Railway |
| Subject | Hunting -- Africa, East |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 3810 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-03810-0 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Jan 9, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 786 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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