{"id":3695,"date":"2021-06-04T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=3695"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:32:56","slug":"horn-of-the-hunter-robert-c-ruark-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=3695","title":{"rendered":"Horn of the Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3695\" class=\"elementor elementor-3695\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ae863c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ae863c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a752af\" data-id=\"3a752af\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce75183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce75183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Brian Smith <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7619d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d7619d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42vQLfk\">\u00a0Horn of the Hunter<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is one of my favorite pieces of safari literature by one of my favorite authors, Robert C. Ruark. This book tells of a safari that Ruark and his wife Virginia embarked upon in the early 1950s. They were guided by Harry Selby who began his career under the tutelage of the legendary hunter, Philip Percival, regarded by many as the Dean of African Hunters. Percival was part of Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s famed 1909-1910 safari, as well as guiding for Baron Rothschild and Ernest Hemingway on African hunts.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c18d75f elementor-blockquote--skin-quotation elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"c18d75f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote class=\"elementor-blockquote\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-blockquote__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\u201cThe hunter\u2019s horn sounds early for some, later for others.&nbsp; For some unfortunates, poisoned by city sidewalks and sentenced to a cement jungle more horrifying that anything to be found in Tanganyika, the horn of the hunter never winds at all.&nbsp; But deep in the gut of most men is buried the involuntary response to the hunter\u2019s horn, a prickle of the nape hairs, an acceleration of the pulse, an atavistic memory of their forefathers, who killed first with stone, and then with club, and then with spear, and then with bow, and then with gun, and finally with formulae.\u201d\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-q-footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-blockquote__author\">Robert Ruark <\/cite>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1efe991 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1efe991\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-1024x684.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-1140x762.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RRhornCover.jpg 1616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-045c59c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"045c59c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I have been to Africa on several safaris and hunted dangerous game. In my opinion, <strong><em>Horn of the Hunter<\/em> <\/strong>captures the spirit and the romance of the African safari as well as any book I have read on the subject. There\u2019s an understanding here that hunting is more than killing. The dialogue is interesting and Ruark is witty and talented. His descriptions of the animals and the country are superb. The book is also illustrated by Ruark, and the drawings are quite good. In the text, you will discover fear, anxiety, restlessness, pride, triumph, and in the end, respect and joy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f14dd1 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"1f14dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\" style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&OneJS=1&Operation=GetAdHtml&MarketPlace=US&source=ss&ref=as_ss_li_til&ad_type=product_link&tracking_id=feathersandwh-20&language=en_US&marketplace=amazon&region=US&placement=1571570233&asins=1571570233&linkId=15e87a8ccc6e84e5b8f8ce1c136804f2&show_border=true&link_opens_in_new_window=true\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Horn of the Hunter is one of my favorite pieces of safari literature by one of my favorite authors, Robert C. 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