The Man With The Black Dog - A True Modern-Day Jock Of The Bushveld (Paperback)

Mario Cesare wrote about his life as a game ranger in his memoir Man-eaters, Mambas and Marula Madness. Through these stories his readers have come to know and love, Shilo, a dog in a million and the love of Mario’s life.

Though Mario is a game ranger and conservationist, this is not just another “40 years as a game ranger” type of book. It is the story of an adventurous life - spanning both pre- and post-1994 Southern Africa – which is interwoven with the tale of an intense, loving 14-year relationship between himself and his dog Shilo.

This relationship between man and dog was clearly meant to be from the day Mario first took the tiny newborn pup into his hands. It has lasted through innumerable adventures of duck-hunt and killer crocodile, wounded buffalo, lion, leopard and poacher.

The Man with the Black Dog is permeated by the same love and empathy that made Jock of the Bushveld such a classic and it is also, of course, a very South African story. Never before has the story of a man and his dog revealed so much of the flavour of life in such an exquisite wild location and, though over a century has passed since the transport wagons carved their trails to and from Delagoa Bay, the scent evoked of dust and rain remains the same and the grey ghosts of kudu and elephant still melt into the bush.

Mario Cesare’s career has taken him, and Shilo, from Timbavati and Mala Mala to Olifants River and beyond – and he delights in sharing his good fortune.

General

Imprint:	Jonathan Ball Publishers
Country of origin:	South Africa
Release date:	September 2013
Authors:	Mario Cesare
Dimensions:	200 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	306
ISBN-13:	978-1-86842-393-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Domestic animals & pets > Dogs > General Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Places & peoples: general interest Books > Local Author Showcase > Biography
LSN:	1-86842-393-X
Barcode:	9781868423934

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