MCELROY HUNTS DANGEROUS GAME: CAMPFIRE TALES ABOUT BIG GAME HUNTING ON SIX CONTINENTS. By C.J. McElroy.

2000 1st edition. Large 4to (220 x 285mm). Ppxiv,297. B/w photographs. Tan bonded leather, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 1,000 numbered copies, signed by the author.

This book "begins with a first-timer's elephant hunt in East Africa more than forty years ago. That safari, during which C.J. McElroy collected all of the dangerous big five animals that Africa offers, launches Mac's quest to become the most successful trophy hunter of his time. It also opens his eyes to the dangers an international big game hunter can encounter. Over the next four decades, McElroy learns that elephants, rhinoceseros, hippopotamus, tigers, lions, leopards, jaguars, cougars, bears, wild crocodiles and wild oxen are not to be taken lightly. ...Few people have experienced what C.J.McElroy experiences in hunting on six contintents. Those adventures, combined with Mac's natural talent as a storyteller, make for extremely entertaining reading." Chapters include; African elephant; African rhinoceros; African hippopotamus; Bengal tiger; African lion; African leopard; jaguar; cougar; bears of North America; bears of Europe and Asia; Cape buffalo; wild oxen of Asia in their new homes; wild swine on six continents; wild canines; Nile crocodiles and other dangerous reptiles.