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 CANNIBALS
AND BIG GAME - True Tales of Cannibals, Big-Game Hunting, and Exploration in
Portuguese West Africa, 1917-1921 - Limited Edition
Beebe, Channing
Price
$74.95 HB
As World War I rages around the globe, Chan Beebe and his young bride,
Elizabeth, take a steamer to Angola and trek the ancient slave trails there
in search of coveted petroleum to fuel the Allies' war machine. They find a
brutal continent, where death, cannibalism, and deadly fevers are
commonplace. Like the hypnotic beat of a tribal drum, Beebe draws readers
deep into the bush, where the expedition encounters deadly denizens, both
animal and human. The land is a hunter's dream, with plentiful game, angry
elephants, charging lions, terrifying hippo, enraged buffalo, and
crocodile-infested waters. Beebe's elephant-hunting descriptions are
especially riveting, and the number of hippos he shot to feed his caravan is
staggering by modern standards. With Beebe's "devil gun," the team survives
a bloody gunfight with a hostile king and his savage Quissama cannibals.
Lured ever deeper into cannibal country by a mysterious pounding tom-tom,
they stumble upon a macabre scene: Seated upon a massive throne is a dead
Quissama king, his shriveled body smoked and blackened, a massive gold royal
ring resting around his neck. After Beebe and his team steal the necklace in
a daring raid, they flee along a midnight trail, only to cross from one
cannibal country into another! Beebe's harrowing tale and multitudinous
hunts capture all that was post-WW I Africa--from the magnificent beauty of
the land and its creatures to the savage native cultures that have endured
for millennia. Amazingly enough, Beebe's journal with the original
photographs remained unpublished for more than eighty years, but now this
intrepid explorer’s tale of courage and adventure is finally available!
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