fourfive8
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What? No Boddington paint-by-the-numbers, African safari hunting cookbooks cited? Or did I miss it? 
I’ve read Hemingway’s Green Hills probably 10 times and certain chapters more than that. My copy is full of penciled-in notes, observations. After visiting Africa many times, I’ve been able to “see”and relate directly to what EH was trying to convey to the reader. He was not writing a safari hunting guide. He was writing to translate the smells, the sounds, the heart of Africa and the African safari to the reader. IMO, Capstick probably viewed EH as a sort of mentor. I can see a lot of Hemingway style in much of Capstick’s material.
Those swallowing all “documentary history” as absolute, unshaded, unbiased fact are deluding themselves….. I’ve learned to read it with due, eyes wide open skepticism.
I’ve read Hemingway’s Green Hills probably 10 times and certain chapters more than that. My copy is full of penciled-in notes, observations. After visiting Africa many times, I’ve been able to “see”and relate directly to what EH was trying to convey to the reader. He was not writing a safari hunting guide. He was writing to translate the smells, the sounds, the heart of Africa and the African safari to the reader. IMO, Capstick probably viewed EH as a sort of mentor. I can see a lot of Hemingway style in much of Capstick’s material.
Those swallowing all “documentary history” as absolute, unshaded, unbiased fact are deluding themselves….. I’ve learned to read it with due, eyes wide open skepticism.
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