Pheasant Jungles

by William Beebe

This fascinating text contains details of the author's pheasant hunting trips around the world, with information on his experiences in Burma, Malaysia, and Borneo. Written in the style of a first person narrative, this text is both engaging and informative, and will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in exotic pheasant hunting. The chapters of this book 'The Gates of the East', 'The Pheasants of Kinchinjunga', 'The Hills of Hills', 'Wild Burma', 'Servants and Super-Servants', 'From Sea to Mountain-Top in Malaysia', 'Malay Days', and 'With the Dyaks of Borneo'. This text was originally published in 1932 and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to hunting wildfowl.

264 pages, Paperback

First published December 2, 1994

About the author

Numerous expeditions of Charles William Beebe, American naturalist, explorer, and author, include a record oceanic descent in a bathysphere, which he helped to design in 1934.

William Beebe worked as a marine biologist and entomologist. For the zoological society of New York, he conducted his deep dives, and people remember his prolific scientific writing for both academic and popular audiences.

He also wrote under the names Charles William and C. William Beebe.

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Reviews

[Ashton Ebert · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible novel that describes stories that are so amazing and incredible its hard to believe that they really happened. As always William Beebe goes into great detail describing the natural world around him, and in this book he mentions all the cultures he encounters which adds to the wonder of this book.