John Henry Patterson (Lions of Tsavo) in the news

[MiG25]

JH Patterson of the Lions of Tsavo and Patterson's Eland is back in the news.

http://m.bbc.com/news/magazine-30248216

 

[Ardent]

Saw that, pretty strong character. For those who haven't his book "The Man Eaters of Tsavo" is a must read, man of a different era.

 

[hawk-i]

Is the movie "The ghost and the darkness" based off of this book?

 

[surfclod]

Is the movie "The ghost and the darkness" based off of this book?

Its loosely (very loosely) based on that account.

Still makes for a good flick

 

[Ardent]

The location, mutiny, methods of hunting the Lions (except for the inclusion of "Remington", who did not exist and wasn't there, Pattison did it by himself) are accurate. The characters surrounding Pattison are largely fiction in the movie, but the message still gets through. He really did sit on the scaffold, really did build the train car trap, and he really did find the lair. The deaths in the night are real too, they returned incessantly. I still enjoy the movie through and through despite its liberties, the book and real account is even better and covers far more material than just the Lions, they were merely one modest part of the project in Pattison's eyes.

 

[MiG25]

The story needs no embellishment, not sure why the film makers thought it did.

 

[dutchhunter]

I have capsticks version of the story and it is better then the move ,I did enjoy the move D

 

[kjohn]

Just downloaded the Kindle version of Maneaters of Tsavo on my iPad from Amazon.ca. One click, two minutes, Presto! Amazing times we live, eh?

 

[sherlockbonez]

The original version can be found online on the nitro exprezs forum. I loaded it up on my browser before we lost reception and read it during moose camp at night before bed. Good read.