Tracking the Memory - Softcover

Thomas, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1973850346 ISBN 13: 9781973850342

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Tracking the Memory is primarily a collection of informative and personal stories about the different experiences of hunting. It is also the culmination of a boyhood enterprise of exploration and discovery that began on a farm in the Chipinga area of British colonial Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during the mid-1950s, and continued along the banks of the majestic Sabi (Save) River, and lives to this day 65 years on as a lifetime career and passion of the author. Kevin Thomas is first a professional hunter but thankfully he is also a writer, and as such we have this collection of first hand accounts of what it is like to straddle both the romantic, adventurous side of hunting and the modern commercial aspect of an often controversial industry. Hunting is now a business but we must always remember it was once a way of life.

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About the Author

Kevin Thomas was born in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1950. At age 17 he joined the Department of National Parks & Wildlife Management as a cadet game ranger. Following 6 years service he left the department and became a founder member of the Selous Scouts counter insurgency unit. After 3 years as an operational combat NCO, he transferred to the unit's Training Wing as a counterinsurgency instructor. Upon leaving the Rhodesian Army he turned to a full time professional hunting and safari guiding career. Kevin has guided safaris across most of southern Africa, and in 1993 he began to write for various African & UK hunting magazines, in addition he has authored three books, with a fourth being a work in progress. At the end of 2013 he retired from the safari industry and he and his wife Brenda relocated to the UK. They currently live on their 60' narrowboat where Kevin continues to write, and pursue his photography hobby.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1973850346
• ISBN 13: 9781973850342
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244