My favorite hunting writer by far is Peter Capstick. For those of you who don't know he wrote many books on African hunting detailing his own career as a PH and the careers of others (Death in the Long Grass, Death in the Dark Continent, etc). Some of my very favorite reading is hearing about him tracking a wounded Leopard or some deadly animal through the scrub. It's almost like I can experience Africa through his written words, since I am very unlikely to ever make it there in the real life. His writing showed not only the romanticism of African hunting but also the hard reality. He expressed views and beliefs I believe every hunter should share.
Anyways I was telling a friend about just finishing Death in the Long Grass and he said that he had heard Peter Capstick was a fraud, that he was never actually a PH at all. I have never heard a word of this elsewhere. Anyone have any input?
PS- Mods, I put this in the hunting section because he was a hunter and hunting writer, but if you feel it should go elsewher feel free to move it.
Anyways I was telling a friend about just finishing Death in the Long Grass and he said that he had heard Peter Capstick was a fraud, that he was never actually a PH at all. I have never heard a word of this elsewhere. Anyone have any input?
PS- Mods, I put this in the hunting section because he was a hunter and hunting writer, but if you feel it should go elsewher feel free to move it.