The mighty Nimrod : a life of Frederick Courteney Selous, African hunter and adventurer 1851-1917 / Stephen Taylor.

London : Collins, 1989.

[336]p. : ill. ; 23cm.

Includes bibliography.

This biography of Selous concentrates not so much on his heroics as a hunter but that he was a well-educated Bohemian wanderer who later became a passionate advocate of the British Empire. Although a Darwinian and a rationalist his experiences left him with strong spiritual beliefs.

9780002175043

B/SEL

English

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