West of the Moon: Early Zululand and a Game Ranger at War in Rhodesia
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (724 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1920143327 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From colonial northern Zululand to guerrilla warfare in the Gona re Zhou of Rhodesiaa sweeping canvas of southern Africa. He moved to Lambert’s Bay on the West Coast in 1994, where he still lives, running a wide variety of businesses, such as boat-charter, ship painting and cleaning services. In 1975, with his thirst for adventure and an overriding love of the bush, he moved to Rhodesia, where he joined the Rhodesian Department of National Parks and Wildlife as a game ranger, operating in the Lomagundi, the Zambezi Valley and the Gona re Zhou during the height of the Rhodesian Bush War. Trying to care for an environment and the animals that depend upon it, while the people around commit barbaric acts in the name of political ideology, brutally awakens the author to the reality of the disintegration of an organized colonial subcontinent. However, as a result of prosecuting one too many senior members of the South African Police force for poaching, he was framed and cha
. RON SELLEY was born in 1947 and grew up in northern Zululand, South Africa. In the wilds of northern Natal, he started hunting at the age of eight and operated a boat on Lake St. He moved to Lambert’s Bay on the west coast of South Africa in 1994, where he still lives. He became fluent in Zulu, Afrikaans and French. He enjoys black-powder hunting, is an avid collector of World War II trucks and tanks, owns two Rolls Royces (in daily use), and is Station Comma
'Ron Selley is a fine storyteller who in west of the Moon lets rip with a vast collection of anecdotes, remarkable stories, hilarious asides and occasionally, more serious accounts well worth a read.' -- Garth Johnstone, The Ridge/ the Crest
One of Marius' Mules said Woops.. Well I think it's fair to say that I was a little nonplussed after reading this one. I had high hopes for it, but it should have been titled "A Gay Game Ranger at War." I was very disappointed because this book could have been great. If I've got to be labeled a ho