In The Grip of The Nyika
Author: J.H.Patterson
Access No: 5340
Call No: 916.7
Collection: PIR ALI MUHAMMAD RASHDI COLLECTION
Volumes: 900-999
About this Book
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson (10 November 1867 – 18 June 1947) was a British Army officer, hunter, and author best known for his book The Man-eaters of Tsavo (1907), which details Patterson's experiences during the construction of a railway bridge over the Tsavo River in the East Africa Protectorate from 1898 to 1899. The book went on to inspire three films: Bwana Devil (1952), Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959), and The Ghost and the Darkness (1996). During the First World War, Patterso...
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