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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures

By: J. H. Patterson
Narrated by: Christopher Romance
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In 1898, the British were building a railway line between Mombasa in Kenya and Uganda. At the Tsavo River in Kenya where a bridge needed to be built, the project was suddenly interrupted by two man-eating lions that targeted the camps of the workers. Over a period of about nine months, the lions killed scores of people.

These lions were deliberately hunting people, preferring humans over any other prey, and they seemed to have supernatural abilities in evading all attempts to stop them. Colonel J.H. Patterson, the chief engineer in charge of the project, finally managed to eliminate them. "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" is his riveting account of the events, in the first part of the book. The rest of the work describes various hunting expeditions in East Africa. The story of the man-eating lions has been adapted to film three times, the most recent being The Ghost and the Darkness of 1996.

Public Domain (P)2020 Museum Audiobooks Africa Animals Biological Sciences Classics Hunting Hunting & Fishing Outdoors & Nature Science
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The man eaters story is rather entertaining. It's quite amazing how cheap the Indian workers were to them, that they allowed so many to be killed. The main character kills any animal he can daily, taking his gun everywhere and shooting at everything. If all the colonialists were like that, which I think they were, it's no wonder there is not much left today. Mankind is the problem on this planet. The sooner he's gone the sooner this planet recovers

narrator not so good. Typical old colonial story

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I’ve had this Audiobook in my to wish list for ages, but was apprehensive because I thought it looked like a low budget production and I read one of the negative reviews. But the story is great, and the narrator tells it well, what more can you want.

I would recommend because Patterson’s account is the real deal: truthful, exciting, articulate and of it’s time without being cold. This is a contemporary account of colonialisms confrontation with the wildest of frontiers.

Don’t judge an audiobook by its cover

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This is a story told from a white mans colonial perspective of Africa. It makes for uncomfortable listening with such references of black Africans as "naked savages". Aside for the racist tone of the story the blatant glorification of animal poaching and torture in the name of 'adventure' makes for stomach churning listening. The narrators terrible pronunciation of most local Kenyan tribes and locations only adds to the poor quality of this audiobook.

A story of Africa told from a colonial perspective.

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Why oh why is an American reading this story? Patterson was British! It totally destroys the viability of the story.

Patterson was British

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