St. Martin's Press / The Derrydale Press, Inc. / The Buckingham Mint, Inc. 1983. Hard cover. Book Condition: As new. (THE CAPSTICK COLLECTOR'S  LIBRARY--)Brown leather over boards with gilt embossing -- Signed by Author --As new --Clean and Bright, no dust jacket as issued. 291 pages with index, ribbon marker  and gilt to all edges. No. 1596 of 2500.  A professional big game hunter offers accounts of his adventures while stalking such animals as the lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, and Cape buffalo in AfricaCritically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the world's most dangerous big-game animals. After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent-- lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros.The classic big-game animals are unmatched as a test of a hunter's skill and courage. With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase. The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.Peter Hathaway Capstick grew up in rural New Jersey and soon learned to love the outdoors and wildlife. After a career on Wall Street, he decided to heed his sense of adventure and become a professional hunter, first in the rain forests of Latin America and then in Central Africa. THE FINEST BOOK ON THE BIG FIVE BY THE PREMIER HUNTING AUTHOR OF OUR TIME.