Project Gutenberg 2003-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 1114 Patterson, J. H. (John Henry) 1867 1947 Patterson, John Henry Selous, Frederick Courteney 1851 1917 Selous, F. C. (Frederick Courteney) The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African Adventures Produced by Charles Hall. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures" by J. H. Patterson is a historical account written during the late 19th century. The book recounts the harrowing experiences of Patterson, who was involved in the construction of the Uganda Railway in East Africa, where he faced the terrifying challenge posed by two notorious man-eating lions that caused havoc among the railway workers. At the start of the narrative, Patterson describes his arrival in Mombasa and his transition to Tsavo, setting a vivid scene of the landscape and historical context of the region. Shortly after his arrival, he learns about the gruesome activities of the man-eating lions responsible for the mysterious disappearances of workers. Patterson's initial skepticism regarding the tales of these predators shifts to a keen awareness of the danger as he begins to conduct investigations, detailing the attempts and failures to track and confront the lions that sow fear and chaos among the labor camps. This early part of the book lays the groundwork for the dramatic conflict and suspense that ensue as Patterson vows to rid the area of these deadly beasts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Africa, East -- Description and travel Uganda Railway Hunting -- Africa, East SK Text Africa Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 419414 413771 2024-10-02T10:06:38.696560 2023-10-02T08:56:46.047553 text/html text/html 407942 2021-01-09T00:38:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 151271 2021-01-09T00:38:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 249145 2024-10-02T10:06:47.415545 application/epub+zip 257114 2024-10-02T10:06:42.590570 application/epub+zip 220306 2024-10-02T10:06:41.207535 application/epub+zip 530910 2024-10-02T10:06:51.064487 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517315 2024-10-02T10:06:46.505535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449850 2022-09-02T11:55:56.944250 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 397382 397346 2024-10-02T10:06:38.011591 2023-10-02T08:56:45.646554 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 397240 2021-01-09T00:38:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 149366 2021-01-09T00:38:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20812 2024-10-02T10:06:51.193505 application/rdf+xml 23923 2024-10-02T10:06:41.768548 image/jpeg 5146 2024-10-02T10:06:41.485555 image/jpeg 243507 2024-10-02T10:06:38.733562 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia