Frederick Courteney Selous
Frederick Courteney Selous, DSO was a British explorer, officer, professional hunter, and conservationist, famous for his exploits in Southeast Africa. His real-life adventures inspired Sir Henry Rider Haggard to create the fictional character Allan Quatermain. Selous was a friend of Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes and Frederick Russell Burnham. He was pre-eminent within a group of big game hunters that included Abel Chapman and Arthur Henry Neumann. He was the older brother of the ornithologist and writer Edmund Selous.
Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection Up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force
Amidst growing tension and whispers of rebellion, a man finds himself caught in the middle of a violent uprising as colonial ambitions clash with indigenous resistance in 19th-century Rhodesia.
By Frederick Courteney Selous
African Nature Notes and Reminiscences
Venture into the African wild, where personal tales and careful observations reveal the true essence of its magnificent creatures.
By Frederick Courteney Selous