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The Adventures of Gerard, the Lion Killer: Comprising a History of His Ten Years' Campaign Among the Wild Animals of Northern Africa
The Adventures of Gerard, the Lion Killer: Comprising a History of His Ten Years' Campaign Among the Wild Animals of Northern Africa

The Adventures of Gerard, the Lion Killer: Comprising a History of His Ten Years' Campaign Among the Wild Animals of Northern Africa

By: Jules Gérard
ISBN: 9781016791823
$51.00
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The Adventures Of Gerard: The Lion Killer, Comprising A History Of His Ten Years' Campaign Among The Wild Animals Of Northern Africa by Jules Gérard. This translated memoir recounts a European hunter's decade-long campaigns across Algeria and northern Africa, detailing intimate encounters with the wild fauna he pursued and fought: lions, panthers, hyenas, wild boar, jackals, gazelles, and other game. Interwoven are vivid portraits of Arab tribes, their hunting customs, codes of courage, and the dangers of life on the desert edge, as well as reflections on warfare in Africa and colonial life. Edited by translator Charles E. Whitehead, the volume blends natural history with frontier adventure, offering a historic window into mid-19th-century North Africa, its animals, people, and the rigors of big-game hunting. The narrative is both a field diary and a meditation on courage, risk, and humanity amid the vast African landscapes.
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