# Death in a Lonely Land - Hardcover

by **Peter Hathaway Capstick** (Author), **Dino Paravano** (Illustrator), **Don Causey** (Foreword by)

**From the author of _Last Horizons_, Peter Hathaway Capstick now presents _Death in a Lonely Land_, a second volume of his hunting, fishing, and shooting adventures on five continents--stories collected from such magazines as _Outdoor Life_, NRA's _American Hunter_, _Guns & Ammo_, and _Petersen's Hunting_.**

The stockbroker-turned-outdoorsman recalls his days as an African pro hunter in "The Killer Baboons of Vlackfontein." "Four Fangs in a Treetop" records a foray into British Honduras for the jaguar, "a gold-dappled teardrop of motion." Capstick narrowly escapes the Yellow Beard, Central America's deadly tree-climbing snake, and cows "The Black Death" (Cape buffalo) in the kind of article that makes this author "the guru of American hunting fans" (_New York Newsday_). On Brazil's forsaken Marajo Island, he bags the pugnacious red buffalo, which has the "temperament of a constipated Sumo wrestler and the tenacity of an IRS man."

The author discusses 12- and 20-gauge shotgun loads; recalls the pleasures of "biltong" (African beef jerky); describes the irresistible homemade lures of snook fishing expert John Gorbatch; and kills a genteel take of Atlantic salmon with the brilliantly simple tube fly.

Featuring more than thirty gorgeous drawings by famous wildlife artist Dino Paravano, _Death in a Lonely Land_ is another collector's item by a writer who "keeps the tradition of great safari adventure alive in each of his books" (_African Expedition Gazette_).

### Author Biography

**Peter Hathaway Capstick** (1940-1996), a former Wall Street stockbroker turned professional adventurer, was critically acclaimed as the successor to Hemingway and Ruark in African hunting literature. After giving up his career, the New Jersey native hunted in Central and South America before going to Africa in 1968, where he held professional hunting licenses in Ethiopia, Zambia, Botswana, and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Capstick also served in that most perilous of trades--Elephant and Buffalo Cropping Officer. In addition to writing about hunting, he was also featured in an award-winning safari video and audio tapes.

Captstick settled in Pretoria, South Africa with his wife Fiona until his death at age 56.

**Number of Pages:** 284

**Dimensions:** 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.5 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** January 15, 1990

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