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Sands Of Silence: On Safari In Namibia | 
 enlarge | Author: Peter H. Capstick
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Category: Book
List Price: $35.00
Buy New: $19.91
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 63026
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.7 x 1
ISBN: 0312064594
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.26096881
EAN: 9780312064594
ASIN: 0312064594
Publication Date: October 15, 1991
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Product Description
From the successor to Ruark and Hemingway comes the most lavishly illustrated, historically important safari ever captured in print.
Peter Hathaway Capstick journeyed on safari through Namibia in the African spring of 1989. This was a nation on the eve on independence, a land scorched by sun, by years of bitter war. In these perilous circumstances, Peter Capstick commences what is surely the most thrilling safari of his stories career. He takes the reader to the stark landscape that makes up the Bushmen's tribal territories. There, facing all kinds of risks, members of the chase pursue their quarry in a land of legend and myth. the result is an exciting big-game adventure whose underlying themes relate directly to the international headlines of today.
In this first person adventure, Capstick spins riveting tales from his travels and reports on the Bushmen's culture, their political persecution, and the Stone Age life of Africa's original hunter-gatherers. In addition, the author explains the economic benefits of the sportsman's presence, and how ethical hunting is a tool for game protection and management on the continent.
Not since Peter Capstick's Africa has the author taken the reader along on safari. In this superbly illustrated book, Capstick returns to the veld with an ace video cameraman and leading African wildlife photographer Dr. M. Philip Kahl. one hundred of Dr. Kahl's striking color photos capture perfectly life and death in the "land of thirst."
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 Outstanding Book July 7, 2008
Bwana Botswana (Oakfield NY)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite Capstick books! Written so interestingly and captivatingly that you can't put it down. I absolutely loved this book, five full stars!
Too bad he went so young March 16, 2008
J. Lanners (Miami, FL United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Too bad Capstick only lasted as long as he did. Ruark was also an early departure: hard to figure when big game hunting is such a physically demanding pursuit. Same to be said for Mike Mentzer, a former Mr. USA Bodybuilder (Mr. Heavy Duty), who died of a heart attack @ 50. This probably proves a genetic link.
Typical Capstick March 15, 2007
Will Harvey (Austin, Tx)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like Peter Capstick you will like this book. He has a way of putting you there with the rest of his crew. I've read all but two of his books and have yet to find one that I didn't like....this one is no exception.
 A realistic view of a modern safari February 28, 2007
Utah Blaine (Somewhere on Trexalon in District 268)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a recounting of an elephant hunt that PHC took in the late 1980s. This edition is a nice hardback with lots of color photos. The DVD entitled Hunting the African Elephant with Peter Capstick could be considered a companion to this book (the safari described in this book was filmed - man of the scenes in the book are duplicated on film). The story covers PHCs tracking of various elephants, some of the daily ups and downs of camp life on safari, and a dramatic showdown at the end. There is a wealth of information in this book about a wide variety of topics beyond just hunting elephants. Capstick discusses the Bushmen of Southern Africa and how contact with modern society is dramatically changing thier culture, the poison used by the Bushmen on their arrows (it comes from grubs!), the dangers of the puff adder (what a nasty snake), the synergy between hunting and conservation, the effect that a .470 Nitro Express round has on a termite hill (!), and a bit about the anatomy of elephants. One of the less favorable reviews of this books states that it is less `exciting' than some of his earlier works. I would generally agree with this in the sense that this book is not filled with harrowing stories about hunting and safari that verge on tall-tales (although the first chapter about the leopard hunt is about as close as anyone is going to get and survive). It is a more measured, realistic recounting of a relatively modern safari. If you are looking for stories about dangerous encounters with big game, PHCs earlier works are probably more your cup of tea. If you want to know what it would be like to go on a modern safari without all the hyperbole associated with hunting dangerous game, this may be exactly what you are looking for. This is a good, if not uniquely outstanding, story of safari hunting.
Outstanding July 15, 2006
S. J. Powell
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Somehow each one of capsticks books good better each time. After reading four of his books previous, I do believe that this one is just as good if not better. Although I prefer Death in the long grass, and death in a lonely land, this book is very well written. Your hands sweat until the problem is taken care of. So finally to sum it all up it's another great read, from a great writer.
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