The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-Eaters Reprint Edition Contributor(s): Patterson, Bruce D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1626543992 ISBN-13: 9781626543997 Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals - History | Africa - General - Nature | Animals - Wildlife |
Dewey: 599.757 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 260 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - East Africa |
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Publisher Description: A little over a century ago, at the height of European colonial expansion in Africa, the British undertook a trans-Kenya railroad from Mombasa on the Indian Ocean to Lake Victoria. One hundred and thirty miles in, at what is now the Tsavo National Park, one of the world's largest wildlife preserves, nature struck back in the form of two male lions who began to systematically hunt, kill, and devour railroad workers, claiming 135 lives. |
Contributor Bio(s): Patterson, Bruce D.: - Bruce D. Patterson, PhD, is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, home to the lions killed by Colonel Patterson in 1898. He also teaches at the University of Chicago and University of Illinois, is president of the American Society of Mammalogists, and a PI of Earthwatch Institute's "Lions of Tsavo" project. |