tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post5488384940792672504..comments2024-02-28T05:21:30.063+00:00Comments on The Suburban Bushwacker: From Fat Boy to Elk Hunter: Book Review: The Wanderings of an Elephant HunterThe Suburban Bushwackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-26271152333732047762014-11-28T18:56:12.840+00:002014-11-28T18:56:12.840+00:00As far as I know they were quite happy in Corrimoi...As far as I know they were quite happy in Corrimoillie Estate Garve<br />My great aunt and my grandmother worked for Bell there.<br />I visited once as a child I think it may have been when Bell died my great aunt inherited the estate but since then the inheritance has gone to next of kin ++ I know there were quite a few books that Bell wrote unfortunately they went out of the family so not sure what happened to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-40274534962554125662012-01-02T14:39:21.878+00:002012-01-02T14:39:21.878+00:00Anon
Safari Press are yet to respond to my email ...Anon<br /><br />Safari Press are yet to respond to my email but fortunately I've got a copy of Karamojo Safari on its way to me so I'll be writing a bit more about Bell in the coming weeks. <br />Bell seems to have found his querencia as a stranger in a strange land - I doubt we'll ever know but I'd be interested to know more about how he adapted to life in Scotland after so many years in the bush. I keep hoping that whoever bought his archive will come out with a definitive work on his life but alas no sign as yet<br /><br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-73481873907445826412012-01-02T09:13:51.429+00:002012-01-02T09:13:51.429+00:00Bell actually shot 18 in one day once...
His book...Bell actually shot 18 in one day once...<br /><br />His books are remarkably easy to read and hardly dated much....truly seems like he got on well with the 'people' as he calls them. Compare this with Theodore Roosevelt in AFrica for example...<br />"Karamojo Safari" is a better book then "Wanderings" - its all about one single Safari in Karamojo.<br />(Safari Press in the USA sell them both for a normal price.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-11805465729561551652011-06-05T02:48:38.482+01:002011-06-05T02:48:38.482+01:00I just realize how beautiful life is for a hunter ...I just realize how beautiful life is for a hunter who have recorded everything,chicken coop planshttp://fastchickencoopplans.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-78730667767660589022011-06-02T14:03:51.016+01:002011-06-02T14:03:51.016+01:00John
Life must have either been pretty dull, or a ...John<br />Life must have either been pretty dull, or a relief when he retired to Scotland. The guys life was incredible, a one point in the book he sells all his Ivory and returns kitted out 'for several YEARS in the bush'. <br />SBWThe Suburban Bushwackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09372690405902840131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8825273392145948457.post-491148416945724592011-06-02T12:56:14.655+01:002011-06-02T12:56:14.655+01:00I guess if you have killed 9 elephants in one day....I guess if you have killed 9 elephants in one day..everything else is an anticlimax!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com