The Hunter is Death

USA: Safari Press., 1987 This book is without doubt the most remarkable true account ever written of adventure in Africa. It is the story of the life of George Rushby - a veritable prince of adventurers - ivory hunter, prospector, game ranger, and the man who faced and defeated the dread twenty-two man-eaters of the Njombe district of Tanganyika, described in the Guinness Book of Records as the worst marauding lions in the history of Africa. They killed well over one thousand human beings and were inextric ably linked with witchcraft and the hideous mystery of lycanthropy. The reader is transported into a world of tumultuous events, many of which baffle all rational thought. That grand old magazine, Wide World, in a celebrated series of articles entitled 'The Queer Side of Things', described in some detail the bizarre story of the lion men of the Singida District. Here for the first time is a full account of the mur derous witchcraft and lycanthropy of men claiming to change into wild animals, of the details of the hyena cult of the Mbugwe people, of cannibalism in Central Africa, and many other peculiar events. The book has its start in a Salvation Army soup kitchen in Durban in the depression year of 1921. From here we accompany George Rushby on his travels and experi ences in Africa. We meet the great charac ters of the twilight of adventure on this con tinent. Jim Sutherland, prince of elephant hunters, Bill Cumming and his companions of the Lupa Gold Rush and many other fas cinating people, with innumerable frag ments of the forgotten history of Africa. Above all, this is the authentic story of George Rushby who immigrated to South Africa from Britain in search of a new life and all the curious and violent events that befell him until, as a game ranger of Tan ganyika, he faced and defeated the dread man-eaters of the Njombe district, and the power of evil which seemed to pervade them. ------------------ Orders over $100.00 are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall