In Closed Territory

In Closed Territory

Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856€“1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, and a serious photographer. €˜In Closed Territory,€ is a wonderfully interesting account of hunting big game in British East Africa over the same ground covered by Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Bronson was attended by many guides and bearers later engaged for the Roosevelt expedition. and he writes of the people, country, customs, etc., in a highly entertaining and illuminating manner. Mr. Bronson€s best known previous contribution to literature was his €œReminiscences of a Ranchman." <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br />I. Through Pathless Desert <br />II. Old Jungle Warriors At Bay <br />III. Kudu, Cobra, Wild Dog, And Eland <br />IV. Seen From A Rhino's Bed <br />V. Fickle Equatorial Fashions <br />VI. Along Unmapped Nile Sources <br />VII. Surrounded By Wild Elephant <br />VIII. "close Thing, That, Right-oh!" <br />IX. A Hideous Old Haunter <br />X. In The Tall Grass Tuskers Love <br />XI. A Mighty Spear Thrust <br />XII. Potting A Python <br />XIII. The Luck Of The Game <br />XIV. Is Central Africa A White Man's Country? <br />XV. Rubbering In Uganda <br />XVI. The Hazards Of The Game <br /> <br />This book published in 1910 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.