SOLO SAFARI. By Terrance Cacek.

1994 1st trade edition. 8vo (163 x 242mm). Ppix,300. B/w photographs and illustrations. Maroon boards, spine titled in gilt.

Do-it-yourself big game hunting - how to mount your own expedition without employing a Professional Hunter. Terrance Cacek and his fellow contributors explain how it is done, with many accounts of their own experiences in various parts of the continent. With contributions from Jerry Weaver, Charles Craver, T.N. "Alex" Alesakos", Charles Puff, Reinald von Meurers." Reinald von Meurers is THE expert in do-it-yourself hunting in Africa, with some serious experience to his credit, as well as a couple of his own books describing his experiences. Chapters include: Solo safari for Cape Buffalo; The enemy within; Dangerous to whom?; Harvest of tranquility; Friday's prayer; Nyama!; Sand and fire; Lost in the Kalahari; A lesson in Buffalo hunting; The African dream is alive; North to the Kwando; Marauders on the Thamalakane; Whose elephants?; How to skinny-dip at Third Bridge; Bushed; The faint-hearted photographer; Campfire stories; How an adrenaline junkie hunts buffalo; Back to the Kwando. Roughing it, Jerry Weaver; Hunting with Mohammed, Jerry Weaver; Liberia - My way, Charles Craver; To Benin and back, T.N. "Alex" Alexakos; Testing the mettle, Charles Puff; Hunting with the Pygmies, Reinald von Meurers; Small horns don't come easy, Reinald von Meurers. Planning the dream; Cartridges and bullets; Big rifles; Cameras and binoculars. Well worth a read, even if you're only planning to go.