The true story of Major Jan Pretorius, a South African elephant hunter and adventurer, this is a true tale of continuous adventure for a lifetime and considered one of the most extraordinary ever written/5(67). · Pretorius The Hunter; JUNGLE MAN: The Autobiography of Major P.J. Pretorius. Foreword by Field Marshal J.C. Smuts. pp. New York: E.P. Dutton Co. $Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. · This book, first published in , tells the story of this famed African adventurer in his own www.doorway.rusible for finding and sinking the German warship Konigsberg during World War I, when Pretorius helped the South African government clear a huge number of rogue elephants in the Addo district, he cleaned them out so efficiently that it was decided to create a reserve and let the remainder Cited by: 1.
Gentlemen, I have been searching for a 1st or 2nd edition of a book titled- JUNGLE MAN - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MAJOR P. J. PRETORIUS C.M.G. D.S.O. and BAR with a foreword by FIELD-MARSHAL J. C. SMUTS If any one has or knows of one that would be for sale. Jungle Man: The Autobiography Of Major P. J. Pretorius Hardcover - Septem by P. J. Pretorius (Author), J. C. Smuts (Foreword) out of 5 stars 63 ratings. From June to August the professional hunter, Major P. J. Pretorius (i.e. the "Jungle Man"), shot a figure of "odd" elephants that reduced the largest population in South Africa from about to 16 individuals.
Jungle Man The Autobiography of Major P J Pretorius C M G. D S O and Bar P J Pretorius Published by The Australasian Publ. Co in Association with George G Harrap, This is undoubtedly the most complete book on vintage Africa, it’s people, wild animals, their customs, rivers, places, customs et all. Surprisingly for an Army-man, Major Pretoria’s writes with a completely open mind. He becomes a traveller, a hunter, a philosopher, a friend of the natives, an enemy of the Germans. P.J. Pretorius was an explorer and hunter with wanderlust in his blood. He was fighting his own war with the Germans long before World War I broke out in Europe. The Germans resented Pretorius’ success as an elephant hunter and the jackboot came down on him after the hunter killed a number of natives who attacked his hunting camp and slaughtered his porters.
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