The Book of the Lion

by Alfred E. Pease

Describes the behavior, characteristics, and habitat of the lion, recounts basic techniques for hunting them, and includes advice for beginning hunters

Genres: Africa

291 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1986

About the author

Sir Alfred Edward Pease, second Baronet of Hutton Lowcross and Pinchinthorpe, the son of Sir Joseph Whitall Pease, a prominent Quaker director of mercantile enterprise and the first Quaker baronet. Pease was a British Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1885 and 1902 and who became a pioneer settler of British East Africa, now Kenya.. He was one of the founders, and for many years president, of the Cleveland Bay Horse Society.

Reviews

[David Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

This has only a handful of actual stories of hunting lions. Most of the book is the author discussing his views on different aspects of the lion. Where he lives, what he eats, what types of manes are found where, etc. He talks of his respect for the native Africans, yet we never get to know any of them through his stories (because there are not many). I prefer books that talk more of the actual safari.