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Bwana, There's a Body in the Bath!

By: Peter Whitehead, Tony Park
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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Born in Shanghai and shipped to England as a child, Peter Whitehead then made his way to Australia, solo, at the age of 13 in 1938, in order to save his family money. Alone and working in near slave-like conditions as a farm labourer, Whitehead learned the art of breaking wild horses and so began a lifelong love affair with animals.

After wartime service as a horse breaker for the army and a gunner on a Liberator bomber, Whitehead headed to Africa and had a richly varied career as an agricultural officer, national parks ranger, big game hunter, animal wrangler and rancher.

He worked on the sets of several big-name movies, including Hatari! with John Wayne, and handled lions for the smash hit film, Born Free. Whitehead survived two aircraft crashes, as well as encounters with man-eating lions, zombie witches and killer hippos, and nearly drowned in a crocodile-infested river. Along the way, he also helped save an endangered species and found a woman who would put up with him.

©2022 Tony Park and Peter Whitehead (P)2022 Bolinda Publishing Adventurers, Explorers & Survival Africa
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Amazing story that I didn’t want to end and beautifully read. I suspect it’s one we’ll listen to again.

Absolutely brilliant.

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