THE HUNTING IMPERATIVE: BIOGRAPHY OF A BOY IN AFRICA. By Richard Harland.

2001 1st edition. Large 8vo (170 x 248mm). Ppxiv,249. B/w photographs, zebra pattern end-papers. Tan boards.

Richard Harland's extraordinary story is most unusual in that he began his big game hunting at a very young age, shooting his first buffalo at 14 years old accompanied only by a tracker. He became an elephant hunter a year later under the direction of Paul Grobler. "I recommend this book to all interested in reading a highly unusual hunting story." Brian Marsh