Cannibals and Big Game (and Petroleum) (and Angola)

[Spock]

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I remember when I posted a book of classic sci-fi, someone pointed out to me that there was a story with big-game and oil so it was right up my alley.

Found a new book-well, not new-but you know what I mean. "Cannibals and Big Game"-Hard to beat that plus it has petroleum.

Plus, it feeds my latest fascination which is with Portuguese Africa-especially Angola. I saw something on Facebook today-that if you read an hour a day on your chosen field-you can become a world expert on that subject. I suspect that it would not take that much reading about Portuguese Africa to become a world expert on that. I pity the poor person who is sitting next to me after I have a couple of beers and I get going on Portuguese Africa-LOL

>>>"As World War I rages around the globe, Chan Beebe and his young bride, Elizabeth, take a steamer to Angola and trek the ancient slave trails there in search of coveted petroleum to fuel the Allies' war machine. They find a brutal continent, where death, cannibalism, and deadly fevers are commonplace. Like the hypnotic beat of a tribal drum, Beebe draws readers deep into the bush, where the expedition encounters deadly denizens, both animal and human. The land is a hunter's dream, with plentiful game, angry elephants, charging lions, terrifying hippo, enraged buffalo, and crocodile-infested waters..... <<<

[Bob Juch]

https://www.amazon.com/Cannibals-Big-Ga ... ame#navbar

I remember when I posted a book of classic sci-fi, someone pointed out to me that there was a story with big-game and oil so it was right up my alley.

Found a new book-well, not new-but you know what I mean. "Cannibals and Big Game"-Hard to beat that plus it has petroleum.

Plus, it feeds my latest fascination which is with Portuguese Africa-especially Angola. I saw something on Facebook today-that if you read an hour a day on your chosen field-you can become a world expert on that subject. I suspect that it would not take that much reading about Portuguese Africa to become a world expert on that. I pity the poor person who is sitting next to me after I have a couple of beers and I get going on Portuguese Africa-LOL

>>>"As World War I rages around the globe, Chan Beebe and his young bride, Elizabeth, take a steamer to Angola and trek the ancient slave trails there in search of coveted petroleum to fuel the Allies' war machine. They find a brutal continent, where death, cannibalism, and deadly fevers are commonplace. Like the hypnotic beat of a tribal drum, Beebe draws readers deep into the bush, where the expedition encounters deadly denizens, both animal and human. The land is a hunter's dream, with plentiful game, angry elephants, charging lions, terrifying hippo, enraged buffalo, and crocodile-infested waters..... <<<

Tell me about Cabinda.

[Spock]

It is not Cabinda, but I am reading a little gem of a book called "Another Day of Life" by Ryszard Kapuscinski (Mr. K). This book is a chronicle of the fall of Luanda (if that is the right term) in the fall of 1975.

Mr. K was a Polish journalist whose career was roughly concurrent with the Cold War. He was in a lot of pretty tough places in the 3rd World where our side wasn't. I may have to reread "Shadow of the Sun" which is a chronicle of his 40-year career in Africa. It has been a long time since I read it.

A book that is high on my list to read is "The Brown Waters of Africa:Portuguese Riverine Warfare 1961-1974" -Obviously, this is concurrent with our riverine warfare in Vietnam.