Title: Horn of the Hunter: The Story of an African Safari.
Author: Robert C. Ruark.
Publisher: Safari Press, Long Beach, California; 1989 hardcover edition published in the United States in arrangement with The Harold Matson Company, Inc.
Format: Hardcover nonfiction book with black pictorial dust jacket, combining an African big-game hunting narrative with illustrations and photo sections.
Genre/Topic: Biographies and true stories, African safari travel writing, big game hunting, outdoor sports, and environment and nature writing.
Overview: Ruark recounts his early safari experiences in East Africa, following the preparations, camp life, professional hunter guides, local trackers and porters, and the pursuit of dangerous game across the plains and bush.
Content highlights: Chapters describe encounters with buffalo, lion, leopard, rhinoceros, and other wildlife; the practical challenges of camp logistics and equipment; and portraits of the African landscapes and people who shape the safari, blending adventure storytelling with reflection and humor.
Illustration and design details: Features 32 line drawings by the author integrated throughout the text and 32 pages of black-and-white photographs on separate photo sections, along with decorative illustrated endpapers.
Edition details: Text originally copyrighted in 1954 by Robert C. Ruark; this Safari Press edition, issued in 1989, presents the classic Horn of the Hunter narrative for a late-20th-century audience of hunting and travel readers.
Intended audience: Adult readers interested in African big-game hunting history, classic safari literature, outdoor adventure narratives, and mid-20th-century Africa.
ISBN and identifiers: ISBN: 0-940143-09-7.
Includes the single Horn of the Hunter Safari Press hardcover book with dust jacket only, with no additional inserts or materials beyond what is shown in the photos.
Condition: Black illustrated dust jacket shows light surface scuffing and fine scratch marks with edge rubbing, small corner bumps, and a few tiny edge nicks and creases at the spine ends and panel edges. Binding remains tight and square, and the visible page edges look clean, while the interior text, illustration, and photograph pages appear clear with no writing, underlining, or highlighting. Includes the 1989 Safari Press hardcover with original dust jacket only, no additional inserts or materials.