| The End of the Game: The Last Word from Paradise | 
 enlarge | Creator: Peter H Beard
Publisher: Taschen
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 108404
Format: Illustrated
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 9.5 x 1.3
ISBN: 3836505304
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9783836505307
ASIN: 3836505304
Publication Date: June 20, 2008
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The origins, history, and prospects of big game in Africa Researched, photographed, and compiled over 20 years, Peter Beard's End of the Game tells the tale of the enterprisers, explorers, missionaries, and big-game hunters whose quests for adventure and "progress" were to change the face of Africa in the 20th century. This landmark volume is assembled from hundreds of historical photographs and writings, starting with the building of the Mombasa Railroad ("The Lunatic Line") and the opening-up of darkest Africa. The stories behind the heroic figures in Beard's work--Theodore Roosevelt, Frederick Courtney Selous, Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen), Denys Finch-Hatton (the romantic hero of Out of Africa), Philip Percival, J. A. Hunter, Ernest Hemingway, and J. H. Patterson (who became famous as the relentless hunter of the "Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo")--are all contextualized by Beard's own photographs of the enormous region. Shot in the 1960s and '70s in the Tsavo lowlands during the elephant-habitat crisis and then in Uganda parks, Beard's studies of elephant and hippo population dynamics document the inevitable overpopulation and starvation of tens of thousands of elephants and rhinos. Originally published in 1965 and updated in 1977, this classic is resurrected by TASCHEN with rich duotone reproduction and a new foreword by internationally renowned travel and fiction writer Paul Theroux. Touching on themes such as distance from nature, density and stress, loss of common sense, and global emergencies, this seminal picture history of eastern Africa in the first half of the 20th century shows us the origins of the wildlife crisis on the continent, a phenomenon which bears a remarkable resemblance to the overpopulation and climate crises we face today.
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 Poor Little Rich Boy November 11, 2008
Peter Beard is a scion of Jim Hill, who among other things built the Great Northern Railroad. He graduated from one of the top universities with all the money any of us would ever need and decided that instead of launching a career, he'd help out in some way.
He chose to help the elephants of Africa by taking pictures of them, and this book is the result. Photographically, it's engaging but no great shakes. However, the setting along with the quirkiness of the photographer make it fantastically interesting. Also intriguing is the fact that Beard got interested in Africa - at least in part - through a multi-year relationship he developed with Karen Blixen, who as Isaak Denison wrote "Out of Africa."
Even more interesting than this book is Beard's life in general. It's been said that his journey through the world has been marked by wildlife (I think that can be applied both litterally and figuratively) and beautiful women. Think of it: this is the guy who stole Cheryl Tiegs from her then-husband...quite a feat even if he (her then-husband) was a jerk.
And Cheryl (she and Beard have been divorced for years) is indeed just one of the gorgeous women who have graced Peter Beard's life, a life that most of us would be only too glad to live. And at the end of the page, that's probably what makes this book so engaging...not just the subject matter or the rather blurred message, but the character of the character who wrote it. Like Hemingway, it's almost more fun to read about the author than to read his work.
 Mayjah Mojo December 27, 2007
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I love this book! I lived in North Africa, briefly, but had friends that lived in Kenya and places where safaris actually happen. So, I have heard many first hand accounts of life in modern day Africa, (Malaria!) but thanks to the gorgeous photographs, torn bits of history, diary entries, drawings and Beard's interesting explanations, I could experience a different Africa. Aside from actually undergoing a painful series of shots, venturing into the grasslands, climbing Kilamanjaro, or just trying to figure out the settings on my camera, I think reading or just gazing at this book makes the perfect African holiday. Romantic, tragic and inspiring...I still fear mossies the most!
This book will blow your Mind....... September 5, 2007
I first happened upon this book while engaged in my day-to-day duties in the shelves of the Augsburg College Library in Minneapolis where I worked as a student library assistant in the mid-70's. As I began paging through it, I began to realize that I had never seen a "nature" book like this before. The book and the characters in it were at once bold, daring, mesmerizing and weird. You just have to read it.
 The end of the big game - A book to protect today'swildlife January 6, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Published in 1965, the book is the most famous book of Peter Beard. The book is shoking as most photos are pictures of dead animals, it is definitely not a book to look at before your safari. Black and white pictures are excellent. Sadly, the last pages are only photos of elephant's carcasses (too much?). The Beard's touch is a book full of old illustration, tiny pics, small and odd drawings and detailed texts - most of them taken from the British Museum. The book is about the Old Africa and text about Mt Kenya, the Man-eaters of Tsavo, Nairobi and Karen Blixen are not easy and you must have a knowledge of Kenyan history to understand them fully. This book is essential for any African collection as it has shocked and marked history.
Old Africa brought to life November 11, 2001
An excellent book for those that can handle the truth. It shows what will happen when nature is left to manage itself and what happens when men don't control themselves. It's about hard times and history-a way of life long forgotten. If you are a product of the spoonfed Disney age, then you'll find this book shocking. It may well be your first taste of truth about wild animals,wild places, and the true spirit of man. This book is about Old Africa and should not be judged with today's politically correct eye. It is an account of things happened in a forgotten time, and a lost way of life.
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