A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa, Frederick Courteney Selous

Frederick Selous is generally acknowledged as the greatest African Hunter of all time.  He also served in the British Army under Cecil Rhodes and was instrumental in opening Rhodesia after the winning of the Second Matebele War.  He was a close personal friend of Theodore Roosevelt and the African wing of the British Museum of Natural History is named after him.  The largest nature reserve in the world, Tanzania’s Selous Reserve is named after him.  Roosevelt said, “there was never a more welcome guest at the White House than Frederick Selous.”  Roosevelt added that “it is well for any country to produce men of such a type; and if there are enough of them the nation need fear no decadence.”

A Hunter’s Wanderings in Africa was first published in 1881, it is an excellent example of adventure literature and a must read for anyone who is serious about big game hunting in Africa and for anyone interested in the history of Africa, especially hunting on the dark continent during the golden age of African Hunting.