Four Fathers of Big Game Hunting - Biographical Sketches Of The Sporting Lives Of William Cotton Oswell, Henry Astbury Leveson, Samuel White Baker & Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming

Thormanby, Tony Read

• Publisher: Read Country Books
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN:
  9781446549179
• Print ISBN:
  9781406787405

Biographical sketches of four of the most famous early big game hunters. Originally published in 1901. The illustrated contents include many little known facts and anecdotes on the sport and lives of William Cotton Oswell - Henry Astbury Leveson ("Old Shekarry") - Sir Samuel White Baker and Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming. These four were important pioneers of big game hunting worldwide. This fascinating book will appeal to all sportsmen and especially to those hunters of larger game.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Title
• Contents
• Roualeyn George Gordon Cumming
• Kings of the Rod, Rifle, and Gun
• Henry Astbury Leveson
• Sir Samuel White Baker