Alexander Lake (1893 - 1961) was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to South Africa with his family in 1908. Due to his great marksmanship skills developed at school in a shooting team, he was hired as a meat hunter by the trader Nicobar Jones. This job took him to Portugese East Africa, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Northern Rhodesia and German Southwest Africa. Within a couple of years he was a fully-fledged and licensed white hunter.
Killers In Africa by Alexander Lake (1954) is subtitled 'The Truth About Animals Lying In Wait And Hunters Lying In Print'.
Hunter's Choice: True Stories of African Adventure by Alexander Lake (1954). Alexander Lake was a big game hunter in Africa during the 1940's and 50's who gave animals a fighting chance. It covers spiders, buffalo, fireside tales, debunking myths and other hunter's exploits.
African Adventures by Alexander Lake (1954). Hunting in South Africa, Rhodesia, Congo and Kenya.