{"product_id":"9781466803909","title":"The African Adventurers: A Return to the Silent Places","description":"\u003cp\u003ePeter Capstick has been hailed as the adventure-writing successor to Hemingway and Ruark. Only Capstick \"can write action as cleanly and suspensefully as the best of his predecessors\" (\u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e). This long-awaited sequel to \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Silent Places\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) brings to life four turn-of-the-century adventurers and the savage frontiers they braved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Frederick Selous, a British hunter, naturalist, and soldier, rewrote the history books with his fearless treks deep into the Dark Continent.\u003cbr\u003e* English game ranger Constantine \"Iodine\" Ionides saved Tanganyikan villages from man-eating lions and leopards. He also gained lasting fame for his uncanny ability to capture black mambas, cobras, Gaboon vipers, and other deadly snakes.\u003cbr\u003e* The dashing Brit Johnny Boyes who gained the chieftainship of the Kikuyu tribe with sheer bravado and survived the ferocious battles and ambushes of intertribal warfare.\u003cbr\u003e* And Scottish ex-boxer, Jim Sutherland, one of the best ivory hunters who ever lived. His tracking skills and stamina afoot became the stuff of African hunting legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are a Capstick fan, you'll relish \u003ci\u003eThe African Adventurers\u003c\/i\u003e, his eleventh book. Once again he delivers \"the kind of chilling stories that Hemingway only heard second-hand...with a flair and style that Papa himself would admire\" (\u003ci\u003eGuns and Ammo\u003c\/i\u003e). The author's pungent wit and his authenticity gained from years in the bush make this quartet of vintage heroics an unforgettable return to the silent places.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129832423664,"sku":"9781466803909","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466803909_p0.jpg?v=1769890819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466803909","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}