Patterson is such an engaging character who laughs at himself as much as others that it is easy to become involved in his anecdotes. It is certainly an account of a time and place now long gone and provides many observations on the (then) unspoilt African landscape and its human and animal inhabitants. It is written in a very accessible style that is not typical of accounts written in the Victorian era.(Amazon customer)
Paperback
(Independently published, March 26, 2020)
Colonel Patterson describes his adventures and trials dealing with man-eating lions and during his big game hunting expeditions in East Africa during the era prior to safaris and the tourist trade. African exploration was clearly not for the faint of heart in these early rugged days.
Paperback
(Independently published, June 23, 2020)
The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a railroad bridge in what would become Kenya. It is titled after a pair of lions which killed his workers, and which he eventually killed.