Zara's Tales: Perilous Escapades in Equatorial Africa

Here are eleven wildlife tales from Peter Beard dedicated to his daughter Zara. He was very fortunate to live in a time and place when big game was very accessible and still abundant in East Africa. His stories of tracking, studying and photographing rhino, leopard, the elusive bongo, lion, crocodile and other big game are insightful and memorable. To hear him describe his daughter scratching the belly of a wild warthog at one moment, and then watch that same warthog engaging in a fierce battle with a rival the next moment is a joy. The author's tremendous respect for nature and his realization of his part in it really shine through in this book.

A good read following "The End of the Game", which was a great read. A map would have been nice in this book, but I love the pics and the writing style.