A View from a Tall Hill: Robert Ruark in Africa

by Terry Wieland, Thomas McIntyre (Foreword)

africa; hunting; short stories; sporting Robert Ruark was perhaps the most renowned safari writer of the twentieth century. As a respected columnist and author during his lifetime, his writings have influenced thousands of hunters to travel to Africa to see the places that Ruark immortalized in his writings. Despite his impact, Ruark only wrote for a period of fifteen years, but it was a time where he lived his life to its fullest potential. He travelled all across the world in order to see and do everything he could dream of, but it was in East Africa that he came to find a spiritual home. As the area became increasingly independent of colonial rule, Ruark predicted the economic, social, and political ruin that has since been the daily reality of the region. In this detailed account of Ruark’s life, Terry Wieland has written a definitive book on Ruark, the restless traveler, and the times in which he lived, as well as his lifelong fascination with Africa.

472 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 27, 2020

About the author

Terry Wieland is shooting editor of Gray’s Sporting Journal and a recognized authority on fine firearms. He is also a columnist for Rifle, Handloader, and Safari Times.He is a regular contributor to the annual Gun Digest and has won the Gun Digest John T. Amber Literary Award.

In 1971, as a journalist, Wieland made his first trip to Africa to cover the civil war in the Sudan, returned in 1972 to cover the turmoil in Uganda, and again in 1976, covering both the bush war in Rhodesia and the riots in South Africa. He made his first hunting safari in 1990 and has returned a dozen times since, hunting in Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.

Wieland is the author of Spiral-Horn Dreams (1995), The Magic of Big Game (1998), A View From A Tall Hill (2000), Spanish Best: The Fine Shotguns of Spain (1994 & 2002), Vintage British Shotguns (2008), and Dangerous-Game Rifles (2006 & 2009).

Biography source:http://www.johnrigbylondon.com/twbio....

Reviews

[Alex Kennedy · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting and insightful book about Ruark, Africa and big game hunting, among other things.