A Certain Curve of Horn

The Hundred-Year Quest for the Giant Sable Antelope of Angola

John Frederick Walker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

496 Seiten

2004 | First Trade Paper Edition
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press (Verlag)
978-0-8021-4068-5 (ISBN)

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In A Certain Curve of Horn, veteran journalist John Frederick Walker tells the story of one of the most revered and endangered of the regal beasts of Africa: the giant sable antelope of Angola, a majestic, coal-black quadruped with breathtaking curved horns over five feet long. It is an enthralling and tragic tale of exploration and adventure, politics and war, the brutal realities of life in Africa today and the bitter choices of conflicting conservation strategies.

A Certain Curve of Horn traces the sable's emergence as a highly sought-after natural history prize before the First World War, and follows its struggle to survive in a war zone fought over by the troops of half a dozen nations, and its transformation into a political symbol and conservation icon. As he follows the trail of this mysterious animal, Walker interweaves the stories of the adventurers, scientists, and warriors who have come under the thrall of the beast, and how their actions would shape the fate of the giant sable antelope and the history of the war-torn nation that is its only home.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.3.2004
Zusatzinfo	16 pages of black-and-white illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	694 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Angeln / Jagd
ISBN-10	0-8021-4068-8 / 0802140688
ISBN-13	978-0-8021-4068-5 / 9780802140685
Zustand	Neuware