The Adventurous Bowmen: Field Notes on African Archery

by Saxton T. Pope

Saxon Pope's and Art Young's adventures in Africa in 1925. Rare first edition of an Archery Classic.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Saxton Temple Pope was an American doctor, teacher, author and outdoorsman. He is most famous as the father of modern bow hunting, and for his close relationship with Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe and the last known American Indian to be raised largely isolated from Western culture. He continued bowhunting until his death in 1926 from pneumonia.

Reviews

[Benjamin Murray · Rating 3 out of 5]

All 233 pages are filled with expertly written hunting stories. Pope describes the five month safari in Tanzania with great candor and insight. Each chapter is a very digestible length.

Where this book loses it's stars is that there are a few times where it's more than just dated language used, but one can tell the 1920s view of Africa.