The Lions of Tsavo
Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-Eaters
Published on 6. March 2017
Book
Hardback
260 pages
978-1-62654-399-7 (ISBN)
Description
In 1898 the British began building a bridge over the Tsavo River in Africa; in nine months, two lions killed 135 workers. Bruce Patterson has conducted extensive fieldwork on these lions and presents new evidence on the killings and also explores man's interaction with the Kenyan environment, creating a comprehensive portrait of the lions of Tsavo
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Edition
Reprint ed.
Language
English
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
517 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62654-399-7 (9781626543997)
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Person
Bruce D. Patterson, PhD, is the MacArthur Curator of Mammals at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, home to the lions killed by Colonel Patterson in 1898. He also teaches at the University of Chicago and University of Illinois, is president of the American Society of Mammalogists, and a PI of Earthwatch Institute's "Lions of Tsavo" project.