End of the Game |  | Author: Peter Beard
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $89.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 1569470
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Revised
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 56
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 087701521X
Dewey Decimal Number: 799.2609676
EAN: 9780877015215
ASIN: 087701521X
Publication Date: November 1, 1988
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Product Description
Originally published in 1965, and available once again in paperback, this landmark work dramatically documents the changing history of African wildlife, focusing on the widespread destruction of the African elephant. Beautifully illustrated with over 300 contemporary and historical photographs as well as dozens of paintings, The End of the Game is a legendary work—vividly telling the story of explorers, missionaries, and big-game hunters whose quests have changed the face of Africa forever.
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 Poor Little Rich Boy November 11, 2008
Peter Beard is a scion of Jim Hill, who among other things built the Great Northern Railroad. He graduated from one of the top universities with all the money any of us would ever need and decided that instead of launching a career, he'd help out in some way.
He chose to help the elephants of Africa by taking pictures of them, and this book is the result. Photographically, it's engaging but no great shakes. However, the setting along with the quirkiness of the photographer make it fantastically interesting. Also intriguing is the fact that Beard got interested in Africa - at least in part - through a multi-year relationship he developed with Karen Blixen, who as Isaak Denison wrote "Out of Africa."
Even more interesting than this book is Beard's life in general. It's been said that his journey through the world has been marked by wildlife (I think that can be applied both litterally and figuratively) and beautiful women. Think of it: this is the guy who stole Cheryl Tiegs from her then-husband...quite a feat even if he (her then-husband) was a jerk.
And Cheryl (she and Beard have been divorced for years) is indeed just one of the gorgeous women who have graced Peter Beard's life, a life that most of us would be only too glad to live. And at the end of the page, that's probably what makes this book so engaging...not just the subject matter or the rather blurred message, but the character of the character who wrote it. Like Hemingway, it's almost more fun to read about the author than to read his work.
 Mayjah Mojo December 27, 2007
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I love this book! I lived in North Africa, briefly, but had friends that lived in Kenya and places where safaris actually happen. So, I have heard many first hand accounts of life in modern day Africa, (Malaria!) but thanks to the gorgeous photographs, torn bits of history, diary entries, drawings and Beard's interesting explanations, I could experience a different Africa. Aside from actually undergoing a painful series of shots, venturing into the grasslands, climbing Kilamanjaro, or just trying to figure out the settings on my camera, I think reading or just gazing at this book makes the perfect African holiday. Romantic, tragic and inspiring...I still fear mossies the most!
This book will blow your Mind....... September 5, 2007
I first happened upon this book while engaged in my day-to-day duties in the shelves of the Augsburg College Library in Minneapolis where I worked as a student library assistant in the mid-70's. As I began paging through it, I began to realize that I had never seen a "nature" book like this before. The book and the characters in it were at once bold, daring, mesmerizing and weird. You just have to read it.
 The end of the big game - A book to protect today'swildlife January 6, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Published in 1965, the book is the most famous book of Peter Beard. The book is shoking as most photos are pictures of dead animals, it is definitely not a book to look at before your safari. Black and white pictures are excellent. Sadly, the last pages are only photos of elephant's carcasses (too much?). The Beard's touch is a book full of old illustration, tiny pics, small and odd drawings and detailed texts - most of them taken from the British Museum. The book is about the Old Africa and text about Mt Kenya, the Man-eaters of Tsavo, Nairobi and Karen Blixen are not easy and you must have a knowledge of Kenyan history to understand them fully. This book is essential for any African collection as it has shocked and marked history.
Old Africa brought to life November 11, 2001
An excellent book for those that can handle the truth. It shows what will happen when nature is left to manage itself and what happens when men don't control themselves. It's about hard times and history-a way of life long forgotten. If you are a product of the spoonfed Disney age, then you'll find this book shocking. It may well be your first taste of truth about wild animals,wild places, and the true spirit of man. This book is about Old Africa and should not be judged with today's politically correct eye. It is an account of things happened in a forgotten time, and a lost way of life.
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