Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming Books

Roualeyn George Gordon-Cumming (1820 - 1866) was a Scottish traveller and sportsman, known as the 'lion hunter'. He hunted in Africa mainly for meat, skins and ivory for himself, mostly in Bechuanaland and the valley of the Limpopo River.

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(The Lion Hunter Of South Africa)

Five Years Hunting Adventures In South Africa by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1892) is an account of sport with lion, elephant, buffalo, rhinoceros, cameleopard, ostrich, hippopotamus, wildebest, koodoo, hyaena....Free eBook

A Hunter's Life Among Lions, Elephants, And Other Wild Animals Of South Africa by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (1850) Free eBook

Thrilling Adventures In The Forest And On The Frontier by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming (date unknown). Free Ebook

The Lion Hunter: In The Days When All South Africa Was Virgin Hunting Field by Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming. (date unknown) It was in the second quarter of the nineteenth century that British sportsmen began to make those long and arduous journeys. Free eBook

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