Brooke's Leopard blind reading
Memoirs of an African Hunter
by PH Terry Irwin
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Safari Press
Too heavy and brimming with photos I wouldn’t want spoiled during a road trip, this was a perfect read-in-bed book, whether in the sleepless hours before dawn with coffee or as the last act of the day.
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Legends of the African Frontier
By David Chandler
Reviewed by Terry Wieland
Published by Safari Press
Africa lovers are also book lovers (and magazine lovers, hence the popularity of this publication). For some, books are their only window into the life and times of this fascinating world; for others, it is a way of filling in the long winter nights, either remembering the last safari or looking forward to the next one.
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Professional Hunter – Along the Road to Adventure
By PH Robert V. Montroisin
Published by Trophy Room Press in 2002
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Many years ago, when Bangui, C.A.R. was still headquarters for old-time French-speaking PHs like Alain Mousist, Daniel Henriot and Christian de Tudert, a white-haired gentleman with a remarkable moustache came by our bungalow. His eyes lit up and he became very talkative when he saw our brand-new Land Cruiser. Rudy’s one-word answers to his friendly questioning quickly ended the conversation. And PH Robert Montvoisin was gone.
Kwaheri! On the Spoor of Big Game in East Africa
By PH Robert von Rietnauer
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Safari Press
Retired East African professional hunter Robert von Reitnauer was born at home on Christmas Day, 1933 during a raging rainstorm in the Mufindi Highlands in southern Tanganyika.
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On Safari with Bwana Game
By Eric Balson
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Safari Press
The opening chapters are On Safari with H.R.H. Prince Bernhard (of the Netherlands) who all together took eleven safaris with Balson between 1960 and 1973.
Then my imagination was caught by the men and times Eric writes about. . MORE
A Life on Safari
By PH Broom with Craig Boddington
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Mission Trail Media, LLC
Only several dozen names represent the real backbone of the modern safari industry. To a list that includes Harry Selby, Volker Grellman, Robin Hurt, Peter Johnstone, Danny McCallum, Mark Kyriacou, Basie Maartens, etc., the name Geoff Broom has its own proud place.
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The Adventurous Life of a Vagabond Hunter
By PH Sten Cedergren
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Safari Press
Generally, I like knowing a PH personally before reading his book. Then again, not every hunting book makes me wish I knew the author personally.
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African Epic : The Story of Paul ‘Kambada’ Grobler
By Richard Harland
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Rowland Ward
Harland, the author of his own elephant-downing autobiography, The Hunting Imperative also published by Rowland Ward, and most recently, Ndlovu: The Art of Hunting the African Elephant.
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Kai-Uwe Denker : Along the Hunter’s Path – Thoughts and Experiences of a Professional Hunter
By Kai-Uwe Denker
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Kai-Uwe Denker
Before opening this compact, heavy volume brimming with 162 colour photos of safari life in Namibia, Mozambique, Tanzania and Cameroon, I never expected the author to be the long-legged blonde Namibian giant standing at the ASG booth at the 2007 SCI Convention.
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The Hunting Blackbeards of Botswana
By Brian Marsh
Reviewed by Brooke ChilversLubin
Published by Rowland Ward
Recently in Botswana, every tourist seemed to be reading, in one language or another, one of Alexander McCall Smith’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency books, like Tears of a Giraffe or the Kalahari Typing School for Men.
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